Thanks for the help, yes the pump was also changed but the leak
appears to be coming from near the lower radiator hose (at least from
what I could see) on the left side and the timing belt I believe is on
the right side. I'll take a look at it in the morning.

Thanks,

Nick

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:36:08 -0700, "'Curly Q. Links'"
<motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote:

>Nick wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> One thing that I have chosen not to do as I have heard people
>> really messing this up is the timing belt. On my mother's car while
>> she didn't have the mileage (currently 46k), the years were there so I
>> had to get the timing belt changed. Now that I got the car back, I
>> noticed that antifreeze is leaking close to the lower hose. I'm going
>> to jack the car up tomorrow and see if it is cracked or the clamp
>> isn't secure as it's raining today.
>> I took a look at the Haynes manual to see if the radiator is
>> required to be removed for the timing belt (I recall that in older
>> models this to be the case) but can't seem to find it for this model
>> year. Does anyone think that they could have screwed this up at the
>> dealer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>
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>
>If it's leaking from the timing belt cover, at the bottom, they've
>forgotten to torque up the new water pump (you didn't say if it was
>replaced) or your pump is just leaking. That would be super-ironic,
>since you have to remove the timing belt to change the pump :-(
>
>You don't have to disconnect the rad hose, as far as i can remember.
>
>'Curly'