hondo Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Is it normal for a slight shimmying and shaking of the car when it idles? It's idling at 804rpm which is 4rpm's too fast according to the spec, but I doubt that that would be causing it. This is my first Subaru, and I am unsure whether this is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSPFI Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 If you look on the underside of the hood it there is a tag that will tell you the specs of where the RPMs should be at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 If you look on the underside of the hood it there is a tag that will tell you the specs of where the RPMs should be at. yeah I know: 700+/-100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSPFI Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 So... adjust your idle speed or your timing to correct it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 I don't think it's an idle speed problem....in fact, I doubt it's much of a problem at all.... it's hard to diagnose how serious the vibration is over the internet, but I wouldn't worry about it if the Check engine light (CEL) isn't on, and all of your fluids are fine (specifically if you're losing coolant or something like that). my '85 carbed EA82 had the "engine" fuse blow, and ran real rich, before I figured it out I manually cranked up the idle to keep it running, when I figured out and replaced the fuse, the idle was almost 1500 rpm's, didn't make it run any more rough, then I adjusted it down to about 500, still pretty smooth (point: it doesn't matter...) just for kicks...what subaru is this exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 just for kicks...what subaru is this exactly? 92 loyale 1.8, 5spd, 4wd, 63K Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 92 loyale 1.8, 5spd, 4wd, 63K Thanks for the info! oh, duh, I guess I could've looked at the title line. I mostly wanted to know if it was carbed or FI, and since you didn't say turbo (not common, especially in loyales), I assume it's SPFI.... anyway, is there a sound related to the shake? knocking or anything? does it get better as the engine warms up? just say McBrat's gorgeous low mileage brat a couple weeks ago, and it has a bit of a shake to it when it's cold, so much you can see the car physically wobble back and forth, it has great condition stock exhaust, so it's real quite, it's kind of weird, it's like someone's rocking the car physically from the other side... but once it warms up it smooths out alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechman Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 My justy does the same thing. It stops once it's warmed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Chux: It does it even when it's warmed up. No weird sounds or anything. ---and it's a carbed 1.8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 check your wires cap and rotor, could even be the plugs, all in all i wouldn't worry about it. could even be an issue with the timing, that can have a lot to do with the idle rpm, check to make sure its at 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 i always thought the loyales were spfi (little black boot running to the airbox right off the top of what looks like a carb) at any rate, almost every ea82 subaru i have ever had has always had a little shake to it when idleing. adjust your idle down to 750 or so and see if that fixes it, i had one once that would "shake" when it idled at 900 rpm's or so, but at 700-750 it was smooth.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 will do. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 carbed loyale??? are you sure? I'm pretty sure that after '87 all ea82's were FI... anyway, as long as there's no noise, and all the fluids are fine, and there aren't any other related symptoms (loss of power, bogging, etc.), I wouldn't worry about it a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudduck Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 My Loyale has always shook at idle until it warms up for a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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