I have a 95 Tercel that is my daily driver. At 100k miles, I had to rebuild the engine (long story) so my sons and I pulled it and put it back in. I’m very picky, so I made sure everything was clean and clearances were right, etc. I cleaned out the intake and throttle body, new belts, plugs, etc. …

Thanks for the reply. What u-joint are you referring to? Having pulled the engine and transmission out, I’m not aware of any u-joints but it could certainly be there. I replaced the rear engine mount and think I need to replace the front/side and the transmission one, but again, don’t want to just …

The car has no u-joints. It has only CV joints on the front half shafts. Unfortunately these minor & intermittent problems can just be really hard to track down. Is it safe to assume that the check engine light doesn’t come on? When it is vibrating at idle are you thinking that it is misfiring? …

Yes, VERY hard to track down. Has me about banging my head against the wall. Even on this older basic car! No on the check engine light. On the engine mounts, when you put it in drive, I can watch the engine shift noticeably and then when you put it back in drive, it shifts back. I thought this wa…

I’ve got a 95 tercel DX as well, and i’m having some of the same problems. I don’t know much about cars and what I do know is what I’ve learned trying to get mine fixed. About a year ago I had some burnt valves and so i took the head off and took it to a machinist, and when I got it back it ran a li…

I had to rebuild the engine on this car because one of the nuts holding the piston rod to the crankshaft came loose. It didn’t come off, but loose enough that the rod and piston were slapping around. I replaced the crank, the one rod, put in new rings on all pistons, honed the cylinders, new bearing…

95 Tercel shutters at idle?

Maintenance/Repairs

kizwiki September 9, 2010, 5:44am 2

In drive, the vibration while you are stopped could be a damaged u-joint. It is actually pretty likely, since the u-joint is meant to fail under stress. Replace it for about fifty dollars.

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95 Tercel shutters at idle?

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