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My car is vibrating!!
Much Know
#21 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:12:00 AM
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Sniff the transmission fluid on the dip stick. If u smell something like burnt toast ur transmission is failing. But let me recommend a fundi. Go to nairobi west caltex next to the star shop ask for okoth and only him. He is a skinny tall fella running all over the place diagnosing very problematic cars. He is good and is well equipped to post you out from what i remember

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brav
#22 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:42:00 AM
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@Magigi LOL tssss alafu Sasha did you have to answer that? LOLNMIM (laughing out loud nikimwaga mchele iliyo mdomoni) new limau.

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Sasha
#23 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:50:00 AM
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@Much Know: Okoth has seen the car. Said he can't discern the problem. Lemmie go nusa that dipstick!

@extrablessed: That's why I was asking Djinn the risk associated with opening the gearbox.

@brav: I felt I needed to because, as you already have witnessed, people here at SK like to draw conclusions to anything. Did not want this thread to mutate into something different coz I know many people are being assisted by the advise hereon!

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tom_boy
#24 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:17:00 AM
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Don't know if this will be helpful or even understandable but here goes....... I also had a similar problem with my toyo. It would vibrate in jam when stationary especially on hot days or when the engine is hot .................... I dont recall it happening when the engine was cold. Talked to a mechanic who advised the following....

open the place wher the air from the air filter gets into the engine block. On the inside of the engine block when you look in through the opening,there will be a valve and a small hole just below and infront of the valve that seems to by pass the valve from below and tokezea on the other side of the valve. You may discover that that hole plus the valve are covered in soot. Try cleaning out this soot with a solvent and cloth( I think one brand name is widex.... available in the supermarket) Clean that whole inlet as best as you can and see if that helps.Try squirting some of the solvent into the air inlet with the engine running to clean up other valves inside that you cannot reach. It worked for me and a freind of mine also who owns a starlet. Be ready for a bit of a hard start when you are through.

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vinii
#25 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:22:00 AM
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@sasha if all fails,pse go to the local dealer for a complete diagnosis. If cost of repair is on the higher side,just pay for the diagnosis and go back to Jua Kali and tell them what to do! Ama?


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#26 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:38:00 AM
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@Sasha - if you could somehow define the 'vibrating' - 1)slight vibration like is felt on the steering when wheels are not balanced - i.e. not enough to spill coffee if you are holding a cup full. 2) serious vibration (like going over very small rubble strips - the prrrp! sort of thing when you drive over small rubble strips at abt 60kph or like driving fairly fast on a road filled with hard core (rocks) or a murram road that has small gullies across it owing to erosion 3) violent shaking with some knocking (kak kak kak!) sounds....also,is the vibration more noticeable on any particular part of the car? brake peddle? under carriage? steering wheel? where? FINALLY and do excuse my ignorance about Toyotas (I make up for this in non-Japanese cars) - is it carburettor or EFI? If carburettor and something is blocked (or the inlet has developed too much carbon/soot like someone said below) it can cause a stutter which can be pretty violent since the air inlet is closed when idling....so essentially the car is choking....

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Sasha
#27 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:03:00 PM
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@tom_boy: That is exactly what an engineer buddy has suggested. Right now, I'm looking for the easiest and simplest way to solve the problem and this now ranks as my first option.

@vinii: True that. I have it in mind. Thank you.

@Djinn: Good question. It is more number 1. The whole dashboard shakes but not enough to spill my coffee. There is rattling from the back which I prefer to assume is caused by the vibration! It is Efi!

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CLK
#28 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:08:00 PM
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@Mlefu,the kind you will not marry....................funny,once came across a guy whose bulb had a problem. thot it had conked and bought a new one but still did not work,i thot there was a loose connection btn the bulb holder and the wiring,i hav fixed such at home so many times,but since he suggested he will call an electrician i backed off,lest he changes his mind about marrying me...............problem with growing amongst boys,you find yourself knowing too much
@Sasha,sorry for sort off hijacking your thread,just that i dont know too much on cars....
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Much Know
#29 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:42:00 PM
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Toyota EA will never touch your car,they will insist that you provide a full service history for their outlets (Toyota Outlets ) and kwanza you mention a tricky problem...i know them all too well...many of the service and technical mdosi's are my friends and they turned me away once,hauna bahati.

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jaribu
#30 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:57:00 PM
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come to think of it. i think it's real fun..actually double the fun...makin luv in a car dats vibrating.....he he ..my bad!

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Pierce
#31 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:01:00 PM
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@J,

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Sasha
#32 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:12:00 PM
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@brav: You see what I meant!?

@CLK: No worries. I hope you are learning all the new terms e.g. Judder!

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jaribu
#33 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:25:00 PM
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boring sasha,just chill,take a breather. stop sweating all over. this is not a church forum. i thought the thread was now going no where and guys were repeating themselves hoarse causing all the confusion. by the way where's your sense of humour?

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Djinn
#34 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:33:00 PM
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@sasha - if it was non-Japanese,I'd ask you to bring it over - there is nothing I like more than trying to figure out a problem car. When the rear vibrates - I am thinking again of the action the wheels have on the automatic gear box - i.e. when you press the brakes - the 'clutch' is supposed to disengage so the car can stop and wait (even on D). So back to the wheels,drive shafts,etc - something is not holding the car back...the vibration to me seems like the brakes/driveshafts/flywheel etc is not having a 100% effect on stopping 'drive' - so there is abt 5% of drive being transmitted to the driveshafts/axles but only enough to make the car vibrate,but not enough to gallop away. So,I go back to the wheels,driveshaft,differenttial and whatever 'clutch' system automatics have (I think its an intertia type de-clutch)

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Much Know
#35 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:36:00 PM
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jaribu
Why are so insistent on bringing the 'hairy cat' into such a useful discussion?

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Pierce
#36 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:47:00 PM
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Haiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!


Wally5
#37 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:52:00 PM
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Your torque converter (automatic equivalent of clutch found in manuals) is not unlocking when you apply brakes. This effectively means that the engine is pulling against the brakes at standstill (shaking brought abt by stalling engine). Common problem with automatic ae 110 corollas and ep 81 starlets

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Much Know
#38 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:03:00 PM
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Wally5
Your diagnosis sounds quite compelling

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nanfor
#39 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:10:00 PM
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Or simply,

leave the vibrators and other vibrating items at home.
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#40 Posted : Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:25:00 PM
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