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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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I have noticed that my truck will kinda shake when at idle, not hard but subtle. Almost like a miss or stumble?
Seems to be more noticible now (4000 miles) then when new. RPM's dont change, at least on the stock gauge. Truck runs fine otherwise.
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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
I have noticed that my truck will kinda shake when at idle, not hard but subtle. Almost like a miss or stumble?
Seems to be more noticible now (4000 miles) then when new. RPM's dont change, at least on the stock gauge. Truck runs fine otherwise.
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Mine has always done the same thing, both my old truck(1500HD) and the one I have now.
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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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Yeah, my '03 did it too but this one was smoother until recent. What do you think causes it?
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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
Yeah, my '03 did it too but this one was smoother until recent. What do you think causes it?
I really don't know, any GM Techs around?
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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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Same here.....minor shake.
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Old Nov 19, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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my camaro had a nice shake on idle, just because it's a big engine. ran fine.

I bet if you had some softer motor mounts you wouldn't notice it as much. If you're concerned you can always go check the error codes and cylinder compressions.
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Old Nov 20, 2005 | 12:47 AM
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same here.
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Old Nov 20, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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My SS did it noticably before tuning. With some idle tuning you can get rid of a lot of it.
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Old Nov 20, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
I have noticed that my truck will kinda shake when at idle, not hard but subtle. Almost like a miss or stumble?
Seems to be more noticible now (4000 miles) then when new. RPM's dont change, at least on the stock gauge. Truck runs fine otherwise.
Normal?
We have the same engine and i also have the little shake i though it was because of block we had or compression or something different but guess not.
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Old Nov 20, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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Could it be slight variation in fuel injectors?
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