Shaky steering wheel/cock pit on idle Options

[dudeofchaos]

When the car is on idle the rpm drops down to around 800. Then the steering wheel starts to shake a little, not much, but just enoght to be annoying.
Also I can feel the interior shake a little bit too, almost like it wants to stall but it's not as noticable as the steering wheel. Pretty much like releasing the clutch just a little without giving any gas.

What could cause that?

I thought of maybe a bushing somewhere in the steeering parts?

[samir0189]

possibly motor mounts busted.

[str8thugginit4ya]

possibly motor mounts busted.

Well I actually just upgraded my motor mounts with Kirk's polyurethane motor mount inserts. Although they help with engine movement a LOT, they shake the hell out of my steering wheel while it's idling anywhere around 700-1000. My steering wheel never vibrated like that before, but after I installed the inserts, it made the mounts so stiff it shook my whole dash basically. I guess the inserts just have to wear in or something. So it MAY have to do with the motor mounts. But I can't give you a definite answer that it would be of BAD motor mounts.



-Ryan

[samir0189]

possibly motor mounts busted.

Well I actually just upgraded my motor mounts with Kirk's polyurethane motor mount inserts. Although they help with engine movement a LOT, they shake the hell out of my steering wheel while it's idling anywhere around 700-1000. My steering wheel never vibrated like that before, but after I installed the inserts, it made the mounts so stiff it shook my whole dash basically. I guess the inserts just have to wear in or something. So it MAY have to do with the motor mounts. But I can't give you a definite answer that it would be of BAD motor mounts.



-Ryan

thats a performance upgrade to stop engine from moving as much when driving. It would make your idle harsh, because it would be just like a busted motor mount, the engine is pretty much resting on the outsides of the mount and thus transferring all its vibrating goodness to the rest of the car. The stock rubber ones are there to dampen the engine vibrations,

OP- 750 is normal idle, so 800 is high anyway. IF the car isnt bogging down on idle or actually stalling out, id check the mounts and forget the rest of cleaning stuff, cause if stuff needed cleaning, i think the idle speed itself would have been affected. From your description it seems like your idle is plenty fine and 50 rpm higher than normal actually.