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Originally Posted by ironandsteel
When I got this car a couple years ago, I adjusted the valves and did various maintenance work and got it running quite well. Then at some point after light driving about a year, it began shaking at idle.
It smooths out nicely when you come off idle. Here is what I'm thinking I should do- tell me if it makes sense.
1. Do a compression test. If all the cylinders are about the same, then I'm thinking I must have uneven injectors.
2. If the compression test shows some cylinders low, then I guess I better adjust the valves again.
Now- just to muddy the waters a bit- not too long after it began to shake at idle, it somehow lost its coolant and overheated while my son was driving it. After that event, it would overheat after about 10 minutes of driving, and I assumed a bad head gasket.
Against most people's advice on this forum, I tried a polymer based head gasket sealing compound (Titan). It seems to have worked- no overheating now, and no bubbles coming out of the radiator.
I only mention all this to assist in the forensics- like whatever caused it to start shaking also caused it to lose its coolant.
Thanks for any help
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If I were to re-write your story I'd be saying => "A year ago the car overheated. I checked the radiator and found bubbles in the coolant. Against the advice of people on this forum I used a product called Titan to reseal the head gasket. This seemed to do the trick. However, after a year I've now got violent shaking at idle"
To my mind if you re-arrange the way in which you tell the story you can kind of see what is most likely the problem.
I'm actually impressed the quick fix additive has lasted this long - if at all (!) - I guess you've got head gasket problems again.