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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 01:22 PM
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Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Alright so yesterday my car was running just fine but this morning when I turned it on...right off the bat I knew something wast right...now I wanna say that it has to do something with the ignition,,aka dizzy, or wires.. The distributors internals where replaced not to long ago with used but good parts is it possible that they have gone bad?is there a way to check?

Also the car idles fine but when I hit the gas and try to accelerate the cars shakes alot and is not smooth like it used to be, seems to be misfiring...?Any suggestion ppls or where to start?....I need my car for tomorrow its my daily driver and got work in the AM....
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 02:56 PM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Idles smooth but misses under load? Plug wires probably bad.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Check out those plug wires one may have burned on the exhaust.
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 09:32 PM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Alright here's an update... I punch it wen I drive it but it doesn't misfire it just runs ruff.... And I looked at the wires and they seem good.. Anything else?
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 04:41 AM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Originally Posted by calgutie
Alright here's an update... I punch it wen I drive it but it doesn't misfire it just runs ruff.... And I looked at the wires and they seem good.. Anything else?
Bad wires look exactly like bad wires. Try swapping out a set.
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 09:41 AM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

thye look fine but you never know...ima buy a set and hopefully that fixes it..
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Old Jun 4, 2013 | 08:22 AM
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Re: Car Shakes when accelerating.......?PLZ HELP

Alright guys here is an update I replaced all of my spark plug wires with cheap but brand new ones from Oreilys but its still doing the same....I wanna say that the module in the dizzy is going bad but how can I find that out...?
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