ya i have done timing jobs before but never on a neon but i was just mainly wanting know the easiest way to get to it but my question was answered.Now i would be better off on just buying the timing belt kit with everything right...bc isn't it a rule of thumb to change the water pump when u do one.

 

That's a very good tip! People don't do this, and then put everything back together and are off one tooth.
The timing belt, water pump and tensioner should all be replaced together, yes. I recommended the other ones because they wear, and since you have to remove them to get to the timing belt, you may as well save yourself the trouble of taking it all apart again later. For example, the motor mount is just about the last thing, if not the last, you remove before you have access to the timing cover.

 

Ya im going to do it right bc it has 172,000.But does anybody have a clue on how much a water pump will run and a tensioner. Thanks

 

From my first reply in this thread...
The "first three" referring to the timing belt, timing belt tensioner and the water pump.

 

ok i checked my timing marks and they are lined up and the belt is tight so i dont know where to go now.Dealership said all the sensors are good and told me to do the timing belt but dosent make sense if the marks are lined up and the belt is tight. Im going to try the pcm now.

 

stupid question, did you bend any valves? do you have a DOHC engine? could have on cam 180° out I've seen people do that before

 

no its single over head and it drives fine untill it hits 2300 rpm and stumbles a lot kinda like the rev limiter.

 

what is the fuel pressure at rpm comes up?

 

didnt really check it but fuel preassure isnt going to be it bc only the cam and crank code set and since the cam and crank sensors arnt working right the engine is just dumping fuel into the engine bc it dosent know exactly how much to give it since the can and crank sensors are telling the computer what it wants