Can someone tell me the difference between a 2001 SOHC 2.0 engine and a 1997 SOHC 2.0 ?

I have a 2001 neon with a broken timing belt and probably bent valves, etc. & have found a good engine for next to nothing from a 1997 neon. Can I install that complete engine from the 1997 in my 2001 neon ? I am thinking that the cost & labor will be less for me to do the engine swap vs. repairing the head & replacing the timing belt, etc. with the engine in the car. (I will be doing all of the work myself)

Any opinions on that ?

Thanks very much in advance !

Brian

 

the thing is i think the cpus are different and slightly different, it is possible. I would reccomend sticking with a 2000-2002 model with the same tranny

 

But can I not swap any parts such as the "CPU" to make the engines compatible ? So, my question is, is the basic head, engine block, etc. identical on the 1st gen vs. 2nd gen, or are their differences that would make them incompatible ?

Thanks !

 

What rpms were you at when it broke the timing belt?

 

That I don't know because I just bought the car "on the cheap" b/c the lady who had it didn't want to repair it....she said she heard no noise in particular, just the engine stopped running.....I'm not even 100% sure that the timing belt has actually broken.

What is the easiest way to check for a broken timing belt ? I did hook up my compression guage & found compression in only 1 of the cylinders...so I suspect that some/many of the valves are stuck open/bent possibly and that the cam is not rotating.

Thanks,

Brian

 

how many miles does the broken neon have??? are you sure the valves are bent? have you taken apart the motor

 

Hi,

The neon has 127K miles on it....no I am not sure if any valves are bent, but I am told that there is nearly a 99% certainty, that on an interference engine, when the timing belt breaks, that at least 1 or more valves are bent.....does this not apply to the neon 2.0 engine ?

Thanks

Brian

 

why dont you just take the head off of the 1997 and put it on the 2001?

 

yea you are correct. ummm i think they are the same but 1gn neon has some small differences when it comes to sensors. The 1gn has an EGR valve which the 2gn doesnt. I also think the crank positon sensor is different.

 

are the heads the same for the 2 models ?