Big Big Big Problem!!!!!!!!!

[flacopower]

i just changed my valve cover and valve cover gasket. however when i took it for a spin, the entire car started shaking. i then parked it and looked under the hood and my entire engine was jumping up and down!! NOTE: when i was taking out the spark plugs i broke one of the little tubes. could that be the problem??

[quikf20a]

Does The Car Have Power, Or Does It Feel Slugish??and What Tubes Are U Talking About

[phatdoughnut]

yeah be alittle more specific?

[flacopower]

the car does run, but feels like i am about to stall and is shaking like crazy! i am going outside right now to take a picture of what i am talking about

[flacopower]

here is #1: this is what it is soppused to look like:

here is #2: this is the one i broke:


here is something that i found, and have no idea what it is:


aren't those wire endings supposed to be connected somewhere??

one more thing to add, when i first started the car the RPMs went from 1.5 to 2 when i was just sitting there... then i drove the car normally and it was fine until i put it into reverse and after that everything went to hell

[CBL]

tighten the spark plugs down you might be loosing some compression. Make sure u have the washers betwwen the spark plugs on the head. Also make sure you are getting a spark from all of them. The vc oil breather hose that is conected by the blue

[flacopower]

so those things don't have to be attached to anything? and what washers are you talking about?

[CBL]

the washers that came with the new plugs. I'm not sure what wires your talking about. Most rough idles come from vacume leaks. Check you lines

[phatdoughnut]

that tube? that you are talking about is your PVC valve, they are like 15 dollars or something, the other tube you are tlaking about was replaced by the blue hose on your intake duh,

did you buy the car like this?

[Turbo Dave]

that metal pipe thats not connected has now been replaced by the blue tube to your intake

[pwrusr]

looks like you're in need of some new spark plug wires.
Get NGK or OEM Plug wires and you should be all better

[accordaffair]

Maybe one isn't sparking and you're running on three cylinders, that would cause it to shake like a tank....or like a salt shaker

[flacopower]

actually the problem was that two of them were misfiring. the car is running good now, but for some reason something doesn't fell quite right... it kind of feels like it is 90% right now. and i am hesitant to buy new wires cuz they are pretty new (4 months). anyways if i do get new plugs, what are the differences between the brands and how much is this gonna set me back?

[accordaffair]

Have you checked the ohm rating on your wires? Check that out and determine if they're bad. I just bought new NGK V's, $2 a piece at discount auto. I checked my wires before installing them, and they're all according to specs.

[flacopower]

the thing is the car was running fine before i changed valve covers... all the problems that has arisen i think are related to this...