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My 96 Zetec only has 105000 km.
When I stop at an intersection, or the car is stopped in drive, the car vibrates noticably, especially in the steering wheel.Not smooth at all. Pop the transmission into park or neutral makes it a lot smoother, no load on the engine, runs at a little high RPMs helps it seems.
As soon as you drive all is well.
No stalling issues at all while idling. All is well otherwise. No CELs ever.
New plugs and wires, but that is about it.
Did some searches, a lot of info on line on rough idles, but this one might be different. It never stalls or anything. Same regardless of temperature.
Been doing this for a while, but it is mostly driven by my wife, so she is probrably used to it.
Any comments,
thanks.
Last edited by jborge; 02/15/06 01:06 AM.
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1996SE sports package, Duratec MTX No mods yet.
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Check a few of my latest posts, I have the same problem.
95 Contour GL. Bought new.
BAT Sway Bars/Pioneer CD/Koni Rear Struts/Mobil Fluids.
Looking for 15" alloy rims-PM me.
180,500km's so far.
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Finally a solution to my problem? Could it be? I'll check into it today...
J.T.
2002 Chevrolet Silverado 294ci V8. Custom CAI, headers on the way...
1997 Mercury Mystique Zetec ATX
Deceased February 2006
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Hi,
I have the same problem with my Contour 1995, 2.0 L Zetec, 48,000 miles. I recently bought it used and the idle was rough when I got it.
Today I replaced the IAC valve. No change, still vibrates in gear while stopped.
I have removed and inspected the upper left and upper right mounts. They appear to be in good condition.
I've read most of the threads I could find on this, and no one has a solution that consistently works.
Anyway, I'm thinking about replacing the lower front mount. I was wondering if this replacement worked for anyone else.
Thanks.
Rob Brown
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Welcome robbrown1282  .
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first."
1996 V6 ATX 96K miles
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I will have a look Tony thanks.
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Try this, remove the vacuum line to the EGR valve & plugged the hose with a golf tee. If it's the EGR value that�s causing the problem the misfire will continue & means that the EGR valve is defective. If it continues to idle badly reconnect the vacuum line & remove the electrical connector for the EGR Vacuum Regulator (EVR) if the idle stays bad replace the EVR unit. However, if the idle get's better replace the Back Pressure Transducer (DPFE) unit. Hope it helps
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Originally posted by volcar:
Try this, remove the vacuum line to the EGR valve & plugged the hose with a golf tee. If it's the EGR value that�s causing the problem the misfire will continue & means that the EGR valve is defective. If it continues to idle badly reconnect the vacuum line & remove the electrical connector for the EGR Vacuum Regulator (EVR) if the idle stays bad replace the EVR unit. However, if the idle get's better replace the Back Pressure Transducer (DPFE) unit. Hope it helps
I will have a look at that as well.
Here is a explanation of the EGR valve that i found some where else:
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EGR Theory. EGR serves one purpose and one purpose only. That purpose is to reduce Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx). Undernormal combustion, Nitrogen(N2)Oxygen (O2) in the air and Hydrocarbons (HC) in the fuel combind into water(H2O) Carbon dioxide (CO2) and the Nitrogen remains unchanged. Under very hot combustion temperatures, the Nitrogen reacts with the other two byproducts and forms Nitrogen oxide (NO). After being released into the atmosphere, it picks up another Oxygen and becomes Nitrogen dioxide (NO2). In the presence of sunlight,
it combines with other compounds like Hydrocarbons and forms Smog. Since exhaust gas is inert (very stable) it doesn�t burn again. So by being introduced into
the combustion chamber, it will lower combustion chamber temps enough so that
the Nitrogen doesn�t react with the other compounds and is passed unchanged out
the tailpipe thus not contributing to smog. Now, since exhaust gas doesn�t burn, it
doesn�t exactly help with combustion. At higher RPM�s, this really isn�t noticable,
but at idle, the reintroduction of exhaust gas will cause a very rough idle and can
cause stalling if to much is introduced into the combustion chamber
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1996SE sports package, Duratec MTX No mods yet.
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Wife has 1996GL Zetec ATX.
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