if you want to skip some reading, got to where it says point of story, lol!
my flex pipes (V6) were rotted out causing unneeded vibration and noise. the drivers side was 100% gone and the passenger was about 80%. nice and noisy. got to love parking in a gravel drive and having too high of speed bumps at the grocery store huh? anyhow the pipes were starting to fail when i got the car, so i didnt know what vibrations were noise related, and what were "something wrong" related. blah blah blah, months, long story, got the flex pipes replaced this past weekend.
POINT OF THE STORY: i get an engine related vibration at exactly 1600 rpm. 1500 and lower its smooth, 1700 to 7000 its smooth. its an ATQ block, standard transmission, 222,444 miles, lived on 89 octane (i know, i know) its whole life, oil change 1500 miles ago with 5W40 synthetic and a MANN filter.
it does it in gear, out of gear, in all gears, with and without the clutch pushed in. so its very engine specific. i dont believe its detrimental due to the fact there is no noise or anything that comes along with it. the repair shop says it may be the harmonic balancer, but they arnt willing to diagnose further without being paid for the job, i understand where they are coming from there. any suggestions fellas?
my flex pipes (V6) were rotted out causing unneeded vibration and noise. the drivers side was 100% gone and the passenger was about 80%. nice and noisy. got to love parking in a gravel drive and having too high of speed bumps at the grocery store huh? anyhow the pipes were starting to fail when i got the car, so i didnt know what vibrations were noise related, and what were "something wrong" related. blah blah blah, months, long story, got the flex pipes replaced this past weekend.
POINT OF THE STORY: i get an engine related vibration at exactly 1600 rpm. 1500 and lower its smooth, 1700 to 7000 its smooth. its an ATQ block, standard transmission, 222,444 miles, lived on 89 octane (i know, i know) its whole life, oil change 1500 miles ago with 5W40 synthetic and a MANN filter.
it does it in gear, out of gear, in all gears, with and without the clutch pushed in. so its very engine specific. i dont believe its detrimental due to the fact there is no noise or anything that comes along with it. the repair shop says it may be the harmonic balancer, but they arnt willing to diagnose further without being paid for the job, i understand where they are coming from there. any suggestions fellas?