Hope you fine gentlemen can offer some input about the issue.
I very recently took the car in to the dealership for some service. I had the transmission mount replaced, valve cover gasket replaced and did general maintenance such as tire rotation. I knew the mounts, whether the engine or the transmission, needed some attention since this car seems to always have this issue. I've replaced the mounts on this car several times already.
After driving away, the car idled very rough when I stopped at the stoplight; like it wanted to cut off and it was even shaking mildly. I called the dealer and the main service advisor suggested that I drive the car very hard to "clean it out" because the technician forgot to do it. I didn't inquire further and did as I was told. I drove it *hard and fast* for several miles. This seemed to have smoothed the idle a little bit but it still idles rougher than before. When in drive, it idles rougher than when in park but its generally louder and has more vibrations than before. I mean even with the broken transmission mount the car was way smoother than now. I'm going to go back eventually to have this looked at but just wondering what could this be?
The car has a bit of mileage but is doing well mechanically: Mazda 3 with almost 284,000 miles. The spark plugs and air filter have been changed recently.
I'd appreciate your help.
I very recently took the car in to the dealership for some service. I had the transmission mount replaced, valve cover gasket replaced and did general maintenance such as tire rotation. I knew the mounts, whether the engine or the transmission, needed some attention since this car seems to always have this issue. I've replaced the mounts on this car several times already.
After driving away, the car idled very rough when I stopped at the stoplight; like it wanted to cut off and it was even shaking mildly. I called the dealer and the main service advisor suggested that I drive the car very hard to "clean it out" because the technician forgot to do it. I didn't inquire further and did as I was told. I drove it *hard and fast* for several miles. This seemed to have smoothed the idle a little bit but it still idles rougher than before. When in drive, it idles rougher than when in park but its generally louder and has more vibrations than before. I mean even with the broken transmission mount the car was way smoother than now. I'm going to go back eventually to have this looked at but just wondering what could this be?
The car has a bit of mileage but is doing well mechanically: Mazda 3 with almost 284,000 miles. The spark plugs and air filter have been changed recently.
I'd appreciate your help.