On Fri, February 3, 2006 11:56 am, Terrible Tom wrote:
>
> Well I had the Neon at a shop and the guy said he couldn't find anything
> wrong. I had cleaned the oil off the plug wires and swapped the #4 and
> #1 wires. Check engine light has been off since I cleared it. He said
> the car was in great shape. But I'm still hearing a weird noise from
> the front. And even after changing the wires - it still doesnt seem as
> smooth at cold start as I think it should be. It is much better than it
> originally was when the check engine light came on. I have little wheel
> time with Neons, so I'm not sur ejust how smooth the engine normally is.
>
> Fuel economy is averaging about 29.75 MPG. I put new plug wires on the
> other day and that did seem to help the ignition stumble.
>
> Are there any engine differences between the Gen I neons and the Gen II
> and III? I'm pondering possible powertrain swaps if it needs it down
> the the road. I think I remember Josh posting that Allpar has lots of
> neon info - I'll go take a look.
Do you know when the timing belt was last changed? Perhaps it's stretched
and your cams are a little off. My friend's Eclipse had symptoms similar to
yours and in a last ditch effort he swapped timing belts. Fixed the problem.
YMMV I guess. Good luck!
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