Rough Idle

Madman3756

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2003 Mazdaspeed Protege
Hey all,

I have been experiencing noticeable vibrations at idle occasionally when the car has already been warmed up after installing the cork sport motor mount inserts. At first I thought it was the stiffer engine mounts causing more of the engine vibration to transfer to the cabin but I have been noticing weird activity on my boost gauge when the vibrations are taking place. Normally my car idles at around 21-21 in HG, but occasionally I will experience noticeable vibrations and the vacuum drops down to around 17-18 In HG, only for the vacuum to go back up and the vibrations cease after like 30 seconds. Is there anything that could cause this other than a vacuum leak, and if not is there a part in particular that I should check as this only happens occasionally at idle?

Thanks,
MM
 
Could it be the cooling fan kicking on? i have solid mounts all the way around and when my fans kick on the vac comes up a little and vibrates pretty bad.
 
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