Top 20 2005 Dodge Neon SXT - Page 7 Questions & Answers

I suspect that your fuel system is faulty. Check for a clogged fuel filter, or if your fuel pump don't run at all, replace the "fuel pump relay". Sometimes your fuel pump will run, but be too weak to hold pressure, which will let your car idle somewhat, but be too weak to run the engine at speed or under load. If your car is getting fuel, then the igniton system is faulty. Things to check or replace in the order that I would check them are here: They are the coil, igniton module, cam and crankshaft sensors, map sensor. Your car may be out of time due to a broken timing belt/chain, or it may have been loose and jumped a few teeth on their cogs. Check engine timing and condition of belt. These are not all of the igniton components, but the most common items that go bad. The rest of the components and sensors shouldn't cause your car not to start, but affect driveabiliy.

i need more info to help but it sounds like a bad head gasket depending on where the water is coming from

I would start by checking for a faulty air temp sensor.

change the seals in your slave cylinder.

check throttle cable to make sure it isn't frayed, check throttle body to see if it has any damage ,sticking , bent shaft. any thing to cause it to not return to closed position. simply reaching over and pulling the throttle all the way open and releasing it (with the engine not running) should answer that. if it returns back on its own then its the cable

You probably blew a fusible link in the wiring harness just near the firewall in the engine compartment

more info needed. shuts off ? or just stops like breaks

The only way to be sure the fuel system is good, is to do a fuel pressure test. The fuel injectors require a lot of fuel pressure at them to work right. If pressure is correct, per Neon, then you can stop wondering: gas is getting to the engine and is at correct pressure, so the pump and filter is okay . You have to start somewhere. I would say, check the fuel pressure, and check for trouble codes-have the engine computer scanned for any trouble codes. Good luck, hope you find it. Does it stall when you run the engine without trying to drive it, just sitting still?

Either the piston in the slave cylinder has blown out or the rubber cup is no good. The brake fluid will be filling up the rubber boot or leaking out on to the road. Or the master cylinder has failed and the fluid is flowing past the boot down the fire wall and under the carpet. What ever it would be advisable to replace both units. At an educated guess I would say that the clutch fluid has not been changed for some and was heavily contaminated with water from the atmosphere ( brake fluid is hydroscopic meaning it absorbs moisture from the air.) The composition of the fluid becomes more water than fluid and in -40 there would have been almost ice in the clutch system. You have been given a timely warning to have the brake system flushed out and new fluid fitted there as well. The brakes are more important because with water contaminated brake fluid any prolonged heavy use of the brakes will boil the water off and the brake pedal will instantly go to the floor with no braking action at all

IT is probably a vacuum leak in the brake booster. With the pedal going to the floor There is either no brake fluid or you will have to bleed the system. Replace the booster and bleed the brakes starting at the longest line first

electrical short take to a reputable mechanic to have it fixed.

if it was the cam sensor it would affect more than just 2 cylinders also set the check engine light and set a code for the sensor. you will need to check powers and grounds at the coil plug to make sure its getting the voltage it should. this is out of spec then you will have to check at the pcm for voltages coming out of the computer to the coil. if you have no voltage coming out then you probably have a bad coil driver in the pcm.you will have to replace the computer.you could also have bad fuel injectors on these cylinders. again you will have to check voltages and grounds at the injectors like you did with the coils. take note that one coil pack feeds cylinders 1&4 and the other feeds cylinders 2&3.somethings to check out. the poor shifting could be related to the misfire or you have an internal trans problem

if the rpm revs high it means your forward clutch set is defected.

Did the xplod deck work correctly before you installed it? When it cuts out does it loose all its memory and setting and go back to factory defaults? It is possible that the deck is faulty.

Most auto parts stores will have replacement handles. Getting to the 'C' type retainer isn't easy. Usually I just use a long shafted flat screwdriver, pushing it between the door panel and the arm of the crank handle as I look for one of the ends of the retainer. Push slightly on one side, then the other of the retainer. The retainer will pop off and then the handle will easily slip off. Re-installing the retainer will require long nose pliers. Rotating the handle so the arm is pointing up will make this job easier. Hope this helps!

plug wire , plug or a valve. usually plug wire will cause a miss a valve if on intake side will cause it to misfire sometime back into the intake. the plug can sometimes fire and sometimes not so simple replacement would fix. compression check would tell if it is valve issue.

could be many things, why did you change the starter? was it cranking the engine? if so you didnt need to replace it. I suspect the ignition module or coil pack. BUT, is it turning over or nothing at all, if there is nothing at all I suspect the ignition wire {not battery wire} on the terminal on the starter., does the car have a security/anti theft system? See if you can get a code reader on it to give you an error code, then research the code, that may tell you something, tough one guys without seeing it. hope I was of some use. good luck.ps, just for fun...check ALL your fuses.

depends straight drive or auto front wheel or rear wheel drive be more specific

what year clutch is cable operated theres an adjustment http://www.ehow.com/how_4484795_adjust-clutch-plymouth-neon.html

Do you have normal fuel pressure ?