NewB here got some questions???

[red04neon]

my girlfriend has a 2004 neon......

what would the engine/tranny code be??

also her car isnt a srt-4 or a sxt so what is the trim package,is it a base model??

now to the real questions: she got in a wreck and totaled her car(just alot of front end damage, all the plastics on the front clip basically hood, fenders, bumper etc.) any way i guess when the wreck happened she hit hard enough to split the seam of one of the four intake tubes on the intake manifold

now with the car running i can put my hand the tube and feel a light suction along with a hissing noise.... shes driving the car just fine but i feel this is just gonna cause more issues down the road....

is thier some kind of replacement oem manifold i can buy that isnt made of this same plastic composite shit???

now i know if i go to dealership its gonna be expensive... i tried looking on ebay but thier used, used isnt a problem but im sure i could pull one myself for cheaper if im gonna go that way

now i also was wondering is this a DIY job and is it difficult, could someone point me in the direction that i need to be in...

is thier any trick that i need to be aware of when i pull the manifold mine/junkyard

i have a little bit of mechanical knowledge from working on my own car but i have no knowlegde of the noen or any newer car for that matter....

any input will be greatly appreticated thanks in advance

[TX_Firehawk]

It's prob got a 2.0L SOHC engine in it. Most* of them came with the plastic mani's. There were few 1st gen SOHC engines that came with aluminum intake mani's if you really don't like the plastic one. I would say they are hard to find but not impossible.

Keep something in mind, I know for a fact a plastic one can hold low boost (10 psi). So don't think they are total crap. And I am pretty positive LS engines (Trans Am Camero V8's) have plastic intake manis also..