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Dodge/Plymouth Neon Maintenance and Repair
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#28 of 99 Sluggish Acceleration up hill. by ironcity1933
Jun 29, 2009 (1:10 pm)
I have a 1999 Plymouth neon with 38,883miles, I just recently purchased, it runs perfect except up hills it takes a little to get up to speed if it ever does IE when driving on a 40mph road after a red light it only got up to 35 until I get on a down grade, when it is on flat it runs perfect gets up to 65 fine on the highway, any suggestions on how I could fix this, I changed oil, spark plugs, brakes, air filter and added fuel injector cleaner, the only thing I am waiting for is for my spark plug wires to come in. Please offer any suggestions on what I could do
- mncarguy2 (Jul 08, 2009 5:02 am)
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#29 of 99 Re: Sluggish Acceleration up hill. [ironcity1933] by mncarguy2
Jul 08, 2009 (5:02 am)
Replying to: ironcity1933 (Jun 29, 2009 1:10 pm)
I have the same car. I also just recently purchased mine as well. All of your fixes fall under routine maintainance. I noticed this problem as well. Really what it boils down to is that this particular car lacks that umph that your probably used to. When you run into a hill I suggest turning the ac off and downshifting. One thing you could do is get the engine more air with a cold air/ short ram air intake. I'm going to try this myself. If you notice the air intake just kinda sits over the block and opens up in front of the radiator shroud, not particularly good air flow.
- ironcity1933 (Jul 08, 2009 5:48 am)
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#30 of 99 Re: Sluggish Acceleration up hill. [mncarguy2] by ironcity1933
Jul 08, 2009 (5:48 am)
Replying to: mncarguy2 (Jul 08, 2009 5:02 am)
They definately fall under routing matinence, but I had my mechanic change my fuel filter and it improved a lot maybe try checking that. 
#32 of 99 Help with alternator belt... by justbethtoo
Jun 13, 2009 (2:02 pm)
Hi new here and the title says it all...and i am right in the middle of it but have to know now how to loosen the powersteering pump to remove the belt to allow installation of the new alt belt. Thanks in advance
- hellcat1988 (Jul 09, 2009 3:04 am)
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#33 of 99 Re: Help with alternator belt... [justbethtoo] by hellcat1988
Jul 09, 2009 (3:04 am)
Replying to: justbethtoo (Jun 13, 2009 2:02 pm)
There are two bolts on the back of the power steering mount that you need to loosen. They are almost directly underneath the radiator upper hose. You don't have to take it off but it makes it a bit easier. Once those are loose, you should be able to slide the pump down to loosen the belt and there you go. To reinstall the belt just reverse the steps.
- bmichael1986 (Nov 26, 2011 3:45 pm)
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#35 of 99 missing transmission cooling lines 2000 neon help by dappleco
Jul 08, 2009 (5:10 pm)
hey guysi just got a 2000 neon 4 door 2.0 from my stepmom. the car was wrecked and had the radiator busted. i just got it to my home and want to make it road ready but it is missing a few parts:
radiator
cooling fans
ac radiator
trany cooling lines
i picked up a radiator and fans from pick a part and want to install it. easy enough. but i can not find the place to hook up the trany cooler lines. i see the stems off of the radiator but where do they go on the car???
help please!
thanks
- dappleco (Jul 10, 2009 11:31 pm)
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#36 of 99 Re: missing transmission cooling lines 2000 neon help [dappleco] by dappleco
Jul 10, 2009 (11:31 pm)
Replying to: dappleco (Jul 08, 2009 5:10 pm)
all fixed up figured it out
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