Car has fuel, spark and turns over but won't start

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I have a 1995 dodge neon that has 89,657 miles with a 2.0 sohc motor. We just purchased the car, It did not run when we bought it. The bottom end of the motor has nothing wrong with it. It turns over,has spark, and has fuel presure at the injector rail. I know that the timing is right because the marks line up. When the motor turns over smoke comes out from the tal pipe and sometemes it will shoot out fire. We have tried putting a new computor in and that did not help. Does anyone know what is wrong with the motor.
Jun 25, 2007 at 1:37 PM
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[quote:52c396fc7d="Neon Racer"]I have a 1995 dodge neon that has 89,657 miles with a 2.0 sohc motor. We just purchased the car, It did not run when we bought it. The bottom end of the motor has nothing wrong with it. It turns over,has spark, and has fuel presure at the injector rail. I know that the timing is right because the marks line up. When the motor turns over smoke comes out from the tal pipe and sometemes it will shoot out fire. We have tried putting a new computor in and that did not help. Does anyone know what is wrong with the motor.[/quote:52c396fc7d]

I have a 1999 Dodge Neon and the same problem, it would turn over but would not start and the service engine light was on. I ran the comp. to see what the code was and it came out as the cam position sensor was bad. Only thing is none of the local auto part stores to include the dealership have the right replacment part.
Oct 23, 2007 at 7:40 PM
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[quote:16832d6f8b="Neon Racer"]I have a 1995 dodge neon that has 89,657 miles with a 2.0 sohc motor. We just purchased the car, It did not run when we bought it. The bottom end of the motor has nothing wrong with it. It turns over,has spark, and has fuel presure at the injector rail. I know that the timing is right because the marks line up. When the motor turns over smoke comes out from the tal pipe and sometemes it will shoot out fire. We have tried putting a new computor in and that did not help. Does anyone know what is wrong with the motor.[/quote:16832d6f8b]

what is the TPS volts
Do u have compression
what condition is tune up on it
Oct 23, 2007 at 7:51 PM
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