I am looking for a little advice. I have a 1998 neon (DOHC) and the water pump needs replacing. While looking at my Chiltons' manual I found that it states I need to perform a "timing relearn procedure" with the use of a DRB or equivalent scanner. I found a used scanner on e-bay for $499, this is a little more than I want to spend. My question is this, is the timing relearn procedure really necessary or is there a way around it? Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

um... as far as i know (I have all SOHC's), all you have to do is make sure all the timing marks line up. thats all.

 

well i didnt do that but my manual did say to and i just replaced my timing belt and water pump i just made sure to set the timing marks almost perfectly as good as i could get it and it seems to be fine

 

as long as the marks line up then your good to go

 

they do help but as long as you line up your marks your fine