My daughter has a '97 Neon, auto, 2.0L, DOHC, 156k. I overhauled it at 125k: rebuilt head, rings, inserts, waterpump, haven't had a problem until now.
It will crank and run fine in Park and accelerate while in Park. Shift into Drive and it dies instantly. This started Monday, Oct 11th, and it would drive a while then die, but now dies instantly.
I pushed it in the shop and changed the computer (I have a parts car), cranked it and backed it out, ran fine, shifted into drive and it died. Have to wait about 10 minutes to crank it.
Anyone have an idea?