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    Need 1st gen Neon help

    A friend has a serious oil leak from the front cam seal on his daughter's '95 Neon. He's trying to work out what has to be removed to replace it.

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Both belts, pass. mount, p.s. pump bracket, crank pulley (need 3 jaw puller), triangle shaped bracket, outer timing cover, 2 tensioner bolts (13mm), 2 idler pulley bracket (also 13mm?), 18mm cam sprocket bolt (impact gun), rear timing cover, and the seal will fall out in your hand if it had popped right out.

    Look for a superceeded seal retainer from mopar. it'll save your butt. It'll make an engine siezing disaster into a good sized leak.

    These are interference engines, so be careful.

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Thanks. That info will help him, I hope. He's new to Neons.

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Define Front side?

    The cam position sensor is a popular leak. It was a 5 dollar o ring that fixed that.

    Has the oil pressure sending unit started leaking yet? This is another popular part leak. The oil pressure unit failed on my new neon. It had pushed shot the backend of the connector a few inches away. These sensors leak through the connector.

    I picked a coworkers 95 Neon because he thought all the oil it was pissing was bad. For 100 bucks, I didn't care it needed a motor. But it only needed a 20 bucks to stop all the oil leaks.

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    A friend has a serious oil leak from the front cam seal on his daughter's '95 Neon. He's trying to work out what has to be removed to replace it.
    James Dempsey Jr 91 Dodge Shadow ES convertible 95 Dodge Neon Sport sedan 2.4 5spd

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Front cam seal is the one by the timing belt, right? That one will cause a SERIOUS leak when it falls out of the head. I know neons are great for leaking oil from just about everywhere. I'd change the belt and water pump at this time as well.

    I almost forgot. you'll need to compress the hydraulic timing belt tensioner in a vise and insert a pin through the whole body of the tensioner and through the plunger itself. I've always had the right "pin" but I heard a small drill bit will do the trick. You'll see what size to use when you get it out. Then new oil retainer from MOPAR goes on after the inner timing cover and uses the same 2 bolts as the inner timing cover. For the $12 or so bucks - it's totally worth it.

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Quote Originally Posted by shadow88 View Post
    Front cam seal is the one by the timing belt, right?
    Right. He's already replaced the cam sensor seal and the oil pressure sending unit, as they were both leaking, too.

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    Re: Need 1st gen Neon help

    Quote Originally Posted by shadow88 View Post
    Both belts, pass. mount, p.s. pump bracket, crank pulley (need 3 jaw puller), triangle shaped bracket, outer timing cover, 2 tensioner bolts (13mm), 2 idler pulley bracket (also 13mm?), 18mm cam sprocket bolt (impact gun), rear timing cover, and the seal will fall out in your hand if it had popped right out.

    Look for a superceeded seal retainer from mopar. it'll save your butt. It'll make an engine siezing disaster into a good sized leak.

    These are interference engines, so be careful.

    All that for a cam seal? Are you sure?
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