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99 Accord lx timing belt change
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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99 Accord lx timing belt change
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' |
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99 Accord lx timing belt change
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'" > 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' |
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99 Accord lx timing belt change
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'" > > 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' > |
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99 Accord lx timing belt change
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" > 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'" >> > 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' >> > |
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