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MAKE SURE THE TIMING MARKS ARE LIGNED AFTER YOU REMOVE THE COVERS, ROTATE THE MOTOER BY HAND WITH A BREAKER BAR OR LARGE RATCHET. Place the vehicle on jackstands and support the motor. Remove the top passenger's side motor mount. Remove the belts. Install a three-jaw puller and remove the underdrive pulley. Then remove the engine mount bracket. (three bolts must move the motor up and down to get them all of the way out). Remove the outer timing belt cover. One tip, take your time removing the cover and be careful not to break it. I broke mine and ran it without the cover and the alternator belt decided to come to the inside, throwing the motor out of time and bending all the valves costing alot of time and money. Once you get the cover removed, there is a small tube looking thing against the tensioner pulley. There are two bolts holding it in place. Remove them. Then take the tensioner off the tensioner pulley.The belt should come off. Install the new belt. Before reassembly you will have to take the tensioner (tube looking thing) to your local machine shop and have tehm compress it for you, or if you have a fairly good-sized vice and a small allen-wrench, you can do it yourself. Put the tensioner back on the pulley(you may have to pry it tight with a large flat screwdriver to pry up the tensioner into place) Make sure the timing marks are aligned or you will have about a $700 machine shop bill. Get the belt as tight as possible by prying on the tube-looking tensioner and the tighten the bolts holding it in place.After that put the bolt holding the bottom pulley in and rotate the motor clockwise witha large breaker bar or ratchet.After exactly TWO revolutions of the pulley the timing marks should align.TIP: remove the spark-pulgs and if you feel any resistance the pistons are hitting the valves, which means you have to rotate the the motor with a ratchet counterclockwise until the mark on the camshaft aligns with the mark on the cover, then remove the timg belt and turn the crankshaft ONE time the put the belt back on. After you are for sure the motor is in time, put everything back together in reverse order of removal. Then start the motor and let it idle for at least two minutes to break in the new belts
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How do you replace belts in 1998 dodge neon?
nthow to change the beltson the dodge neon
When do you replace the timing belt for a Dodge neon?
By 100,000 miles for sure.
How do you set the timing on a 1998 DOHC dodge neon?
get the pullys lined up at the timing marks
Where can you find pictures for a front axle on a 1996 dodge neon?
Can you show me pictures on a dodge neon 1998 on how to remove and replace a front axle.
How much does it cost to replace a relay in a 1998 Dodge Neon?
about 20 bucks
When do you replace the timing belt on a Dodge Neon?
Recommended interval on 1995-1999 Neons is 60,000 miles.
How long does it take to replace an automatic transmission in a 1998 dodge neon SOHC?
about 6 hours
2005 dodge neon timing chain located?
A 2005 Neon has a timing belt not a chain.
What kind of antifreeze does a 1998 Dodge Neon use?
A 1998 Dodge Neon uses green antifreeze.
When do you need to change the timing belt on a 2002 dodge neon?
The timing belt on a Dodge Neon should be replaced every 100,000 miles.
How do you tighten the lifters in a 1998 dodge neon?
The lifters in a Dodge Neon are not adjustable.
Timing marks on a single cam neon?
how to set the timing marks on a single cam dodge neon
