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I have a 2000 Dodge Neon ES. (It is a US version). It has around 133500 miles. It is a five speed manual transmission.
Yesterday, it went over a rock or two from a rock slide. (The conditions were icy, the rocks had rolled through a snow bank and had enough snow on them to look like a ball of snow, and we tried to go between them.)
It appears we tore out the Air intake duct resonator and the front wheel well plastic on the driver side. On the passenger side, in front of the front wheel, I found a black plastic box hanging by a small tube (smaller than 1/4 in I would say). The box, while damaged, appears to be some kind of reservoir. The tube connection is in the bottom of the box, and when the engine was idling at the side of the road, the tube had a suction on it. The box is about in the 5″x3″x2″ size range, and I couldn’t see any obvious fluid in it. It appears that the tube connecting to it was the only inlet/outlet to it, but I could be wrong on that (remember that the box I’m looking at is damaged). It seems like at an idle, sealing off the tube by putting a thumb over it makes the engine slow just a little until whatever idle mechanism compensates.
How can I figure out what this part is and what it does? I can’t seem to find a schematic that shows it, but then again, searching “front passenger side 2000 dodge neon part diagram” isn’t really specific enough to help find something that shows it.
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[quote=”Azendale” post=161849]I have a 2000 Dodge Neon ES. (It is a US version). It has around 133500 miles. It is a five speed manual transmission.
Yesterday, it went over a rock or two from a rock slide. (The conditions were icy, the rocks had rolled through a snow bank and had enough snow on them to look like a ball of snow, and we tried to go between them.)
It appears we tore out the Air intake duct resonator and the front wheel well plastic on the driver side. On the passenger side, in front of the front wheel, I found a black plastic box hanging by a small tube (smaller than 1/4 in I would say). The box, while damaged, appears to be some kind of reservoir. The tube connection is in the bottom of the box, and when the engine was idling at the side of the road, the tube had a suction on it. The box is about in the 5″x3″x2″ size range, and I couldn’t see any obvious fluid in it. It appears that the tube connecting to it was the only inlet/outlet to it, but I could be wrong on that (remember that the box I’m looking at is damaged). It seems like at an idle, sealing off the tube by putting a thumb over it makes the engine slow just a little until whatever idle mechanism compensates.
How can I figure out what this part is and what it does? I can’t seem to find a schematic that shows it, but then again, searching “front passenger side 2000 dodge neon part diagram” isn’t really specific enough to help find something that shows it.[/quote]
Can you post a picture or two to help with the description. It may be part of the air box snorkel
Looks like it could be a vacuum reservoir. Holds extra vacuum for brake application when the engine is off. Could be something else though?
Here’s what I could find for you. It’s a vacuum reservoir for your cruise control.
Dodge part number: 4669788
Description: RESERVOIR SPEED CONTROL VACUUM[quote=”no_common_sense” post=161976]Here’s what I could find for you. It’s a vacuum reservoir for your cruise control.
Dodge part number: 4669788
Description: RESERVOIR SPEED CONTROL VACUUM[/quote]
Dam dude nice job. 🙂
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