Car shakes/shudders in idle mode?

MAREE22

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2005 TOYOTA COROLLA
1.8L
4 CYL
MANUAL
198,000 MILES

Started the car and it was like shaking or shuddering in just idle. I went for a drive, and it drove fine. When I arrived home, I parked in the garage and again in idle mode was missing. I replaced the spark plugs and noticed the car still shaking in idle on and off now. I noticed on getting out of the car I could smell petrol fumes.

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KEN L

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It sounds like you have low compression or a bad fuel injector in one cylinder, we should run a scan, this will tell us which cylinder is having the problem.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

This guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-misfires-or-runs-rough

Let us know what happens and please upload videos of the problem so we can see what's going on.

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Saturday, August 12th, 2023 AT 3:37 PM

MAREE22

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So, this morning I started the car and at first it was shaking but once I got going it was driving fine. Still getting a strong smell of fuel once I park back in the garage.

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Saturday, August 12th, 2023 AT 5:05 PM

KEN L

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I would not drive the car until the gas smell has been identified. Please use a flashlight and check the fuel injectors, this is a common place for fuel to leak. Check out the images (below). Please let us know how it goes.

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