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Engine Shake at startup

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#1 ·
Hi all,

Recently I noticed my Q50 hybrid(2015) engine starts with more shake than before, the acceleration is fine however, the engine shake at 0 start....It feels like engine mounts got weak or some problem with engine i.e fuel injection etc... I also feel that when cruising the engine has "little more' vibration in the cabinet when the engine running or idling.
I got Km58,000 and soon I will take it for the next service.

Anyone had the same experience?
 
#2 ·
Could be the motor mounts, knock from low/poor quality oil, dirty air filters/loose intakes or it could be spark plugs.... So lots of reasons.

All of that is easy to check save for the spark plugs so I'd say do that, if you don't find anything thing tech check things out
soon as ya can.
 
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#4 ·
If you don't have performance problems under acceleration, it's likely not plugs.

Knock from low oil would create quite a bit of noise long before the engine started vibrating, dirty air filters wouldn't cause this at all, ever.

It's possibly a fuel injector issue, though you'd likely also have a rough idle. Not quite a misfire, but more vibration than normal.

Anyway, I tend to lean toward motor mount, but this is easy to check.

Let us know what they find. :)
 
#5 ·
...It's possibly a fuel injector issue, though you'd likely also have a rough idle. Not quite a misfire, but more vibration than normal....
I'm leaning towards this with the motor mount being a possibility also. The hybrids do very little idling. And mainly when cold. Under those conditions the fuel flow is increased so a marginal injector would not be noticed.

I hate to sound like a broken record but I will anyway. Something cheap and easy to try would be a 20oz. bottle of Techron. Then run out that tank of fuel. I have seen that make a difference more than once or twice on cars with a few miles on them. It can't possibly hurt.

A third possibility is shudder caused by uneven engagement of the dry clutch when moving from a stop.
 
#6 ·
TBH the best advice is to take your vehicle to a reputable mechanic or the dealer so they can inspect it in person. I have no doubt that many of us on here have a good amount of mechanical knowledge, but without seeing the car we are just throwing ideas out there. Good luck!
 
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If they were so bad that they were 'badly blocked', you definitely would have noticed a performance decrease.

BTW, an injector cleaning service shouldn't cost more than $150 or so, but generally less. I used to do them for $60.
 
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From what I've seen, there's no canned cleaner that will correct injectors that are that badly plugged.
 
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#16 ·
There aren't, to be sure.

However, I'm concerned that he bought injectors that he didn't need. I suppose there could be a happy place where it's so bad it can't be cleaned, but not so bad that it didn't cause a performance issue.
 
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#17 ·
That's because service departments make more money on selling new injectors and installing them rather than cleaning and flow testing the existing injectors. Of course, we don't know the details on the injectors so they may be beyond conventional cleaning.
 
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#18 ·
Sadly, your former statement is true.

The good news is that I was able to get a lot of customers request for me simply because I was honest with them, and there are others like that. Make less money per customer, have more customers, make more in the end. Honesty pays.

If if were my car, I'd probably do a rail soak and let them sit in the solvent for an hour or more.
 
#19 ·
Sadly, your former statement is true.



The good news is that I was able to get a lot of customers request for me simply because I was honest with them, and there are others like that. Make less money per customer, have more customers, make more in the end. Honesty pays.



If if were my car, I'd probably do a rail soak and let them sit in the solvent for an hour or more.


Like the chinese merchadise, sell for less money but selling more items. It also pays in the end.
 
#20 ·
Today in the morning I started my car and the engine started shaking and it was about to die, but it revived again and worked smoothly. From time to time I get this problem only in the morning the first time I start my car. it sounds like when no fuel coming to the engine.