I had a look at it this morning. It looks like the dealership didn't
place one of the hoses all the way in. Once I did it, that took care
of the problem. Luckily the radiator wasn't damaged

Thanks for everyone's input.

Nick



On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:21:16 GMT, "Elle" <honda.lioness@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>I have only one timing belt job under my belt, but the only thing I can
>imagine is that if the 99 Accord requires the oil pan to be supported during
>the job, then the support may have slipped or not been properly placed.
>
>On my 91 Civic, one of the motor mounts has to be removed for TB jobs.
>Before removing the TB, I support the oil pan with a jack and a 1 foot
>square piece of plywood, per the manual's directions.
>
>Some shop did a TB change on my Civic many years ago and did not properly
>support it. This dented the car's oil pan considerably.
>
>Look for dents in the vicinity of the oil pan and where the hose is leaking.
>
>Of course, it could be a lot of things that caused the leak.
>
><Nick> wrote
>> 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
>> >
>> >------------------------------
>> >
>> >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'
>>
>