Q: Car shaking

asked by on January 31, 2017

I have a Toyota Camry 99 and I thought that it needed oil because it was shaking I put some in there and it is still doing it it Only does it when it is stopped though

My car has 181542 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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