My engine just started shaking on acceleration from stop. I thought it might have been the alignment (because I just had a minor run-in with a cement light pole base) but that was not it. I put it in park and tried just revving the engine a bit and the shaking persisted, so I know it's not an alignment issue.

My water pump is leaking. I have a lot of front-end collision damage after several accidents. I know that I have a broken sway bar and that I haven't done a tune up in a while.

Could this just be a plugs and wires problem?

Oddly enough, when I look at the engine as it revs up, it doesn't really appear to be shaking.

Any thoughts for an amateur? Love this car. It's treated me well for as many tiffs as it's gotten into. Want to make it last longer than this.

 

could be your motor mounts?