why do my car shakes when i put in drive

1998 NISSAN ALTIMA
152,000 MILES
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CARTER69
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it shakes like crazy when have it drive, and its really bad when i cut the air on
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:08 PM
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DOCFIXIT
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Several things can cause idle speed to low, dirty injectors and intake valves,plugs,clogged air filter, low fuel pressure, falty ignition wires, coil. When was last tune?
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:11 PM
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CARTER69
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it only shakes when its in drive i have to put in neutral just to stop the shaking
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:23 PM
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when in drive engine is under a load so all things listed will cause shake in drive smooth in neutral
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:26 PM
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CARTER69
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but i just had a tune- up new distribtor cap wires in plugs, its really bad when i cut the a/c on. can please help me i have small kids and im haveing a ruff time geting in back forward to work
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:37 PM
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start with a fuel cleaner SeaFoam works well. Without physicaly seeing car can only speculate. does engine continue to shake as you accelerate? or smooth out at speed?
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:52 PM
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CARTER69
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only when im at a stop, the motor runs smooth while driveing
Sep 16, 2012 at 8:46 PM
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What happened? try fuel cleaner?
Sep 29, 2012 at 6:38 PM