Hi, I would really appreciate any suggestions on what could be wrong with my car. So it all started couple weeks ago. Started my car to go to work, was fine, stopped at gas station to get gas. I was on E for a little while now. So I got some gas (not much I was already in a rush so figured I'll get more later) so I only got 1/4 tank of gas. As soon as I started the car at the gas station to leave, I noticed something was not right. Car was shaking hard and it smelled like smoke from inside. I was actually scared to drive to work wasn't sure if it was safe to drive. But I ended up driving it. It was down the street from gas station. A friend brought over seafoam and put it in the gas tank. He said I could have got bad gas or sucked something up from being on empty? (When I started it before he even put in seafoam, it was running fine now) this was fifteen minutes after parking at work. So anyway, he put in the seafoam and drove my car to gas station and filled up the tank to full. Drove around, said it's fine now. It was good for a couple days, then issue started happening again. Car shaking when turn it on, sounds very rough like it's about to break down, sputtering sound, worse when I change gear to drive from park. Engine light blinking. No smell. So I took it to a mechanic to get checked out, but it wasn't acting up for them so they couldn't diagnose the issue. They said they drove it around couple times and it's running fine. No engine light on, no shaking, etc. Took the car home. Was fine again for a while. Then started happening again! Now more frequently but still only sometimes. Now I'm realizing it is usually like this: I start the car in morning, and it's running fine, then I drive for about ten to fifteen minutes. Car is off for either couple hours or few minutes, then go to start car and the issue comes up. So it seems like it's happening after the car is fully heated up and I start it. When I change gear to drive, the shaking and noise gets worse and engine light is blinking. Sometimes the issue goes away after I continue driving for about ten minutes. But now I am not driving my car anymore because I am scared I'll make it worse and I don't feel safe! Any idea what could be the issue? Thank you!
Thursday, January 21st, 2021 AT 10:49 AM
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