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[bojangles_8686]

Ok so brian and me changed my oil today.... read the convo and help me out please!!!!!

NunCHUCKSNinja: my car vibrates a lot now
NunCHUCKSNinja: and acts weird
Sortafamous: what do you mean?
NunCHUCKSNinja: when i accelerate it vibrates and when i was at idle it was changing rpm
Sortafamous: hmm
Sortafamous: it was 10w30 right?
NunCHUCKSNinja: yep
NunCHUCKSNinja: i think the vibration might be partly because the muffler was bent and now it hits the back bumper
NunCHUCKSNinja: and also it lags a little bit when i accelerate
Sortafamous: im lookin around
Sortafamous: but i dunno
Sortafamous: it might be that stop smoke stuff
Sortafamous: cause its so thick

I was lazy so I didnt feel like typing the whole situation so that convo sums it up.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

If you put an oil additive in along with a full ammount of oil, you might have too much oil in your engine.

That could bog down your engine alot...i know my engine felt less willing to rev when i got it back from my mechanic because they put an indicator dye in my engine to see where it was leaking oil. He told me that i should probably put fresh oil in it when i got it back, and since i did it feels smother and revs smoother.

Thats not to say that its definately what the problem is, but i would check that your oil level isnt too high first, and then take it to a good mechanic to get it checked out if it isnt. If you havent had your car looked at in a while, it might be overdue for some new belts or routine maintainence that will only reduce your risks of something serious happening down the road.