1997 Neon 2.0L The timing belt broke, stock motor. Do I have to worry about the pistons hitting the valves and bending some of them? Im not too familiar with the specifics of the Neon motor. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks



Vance Wright
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Neon stock motor is a 2.0L....unless u swapped out a stock 2.4 out of some other car....

When we had the timing belt last replaced on my sisters Neon the guy forgot to replace the tensionor...and well the belt broke and it did bend 4 of the valves though.... check the compression to see if it did or not....

 

99.9% of the time on a neon if the belt breaks while the motor is running, then sumthing is wrecked....usually it just would bend a few valves, atleast not all of them would go....usually

its an interference motor...if one thing goes then there is usually a chain reaction

 

Ooops...Heheh My bad on the displacement Thanks for the reply. A buddy of mine is looking at buying this car for $200. Its a 4 door with a 5 speed transaxle. The body and interior are in typical shape for a 9 year old car. The paint is showing the typical mid '90s Chrysler paint peel in spots. I just hope there are no bent valves. I hate doing cylinder heads on FWD cars. Thanks again.


Vance Wright
USAF Weapons
1972 Plymouth Duster (In work project)
1975 Plymouth Valiant Custom (Scrapped)
1976 Dodge D100 (Scrapped)
1978 Ford Econoline E150 (DEFINATELY Scrapped)
1984 Toyota Corolla GT-S (Daily Driver)
1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S (Parted Out)
1987 Toyota Corolla SR5 (Parted Out)
1999 Dodge Durango SLT (Totaled)
2002 Mazda Protege' 5 (Traded for the '99 Durango that was later totaled)
2000 Dodge Durango SLT (Picked up to replace the totaled '99)

 

id give you 200.00 for the car too...even with the bent valves

 

$201.00

You could get a head from the junkyard, replace the valves and seals, get a headgasket kit and be on your way. Or sell it for parts!

 

Id go 500 =P

 

501.00.....minus 299.98

 

das you don't need to bid, you have enough parts laying around, and a suspicious stock of iceman intakes hmm......lol

 

why do you think they went outta business