rebuilt head/timing belt installed. Car won't start now
 

I've got a bit of a problem that has me clueless. My timing belt snapped on me a bit ago so i pulled the head, had it cleaned up and new valves put in (old ones were bent from belt snapping) by a local machine shop. Installed the new head then put a new timing belt back on. I lined everything up turned the crank a hand full of times it stayed timed and i could feel and hear the compression happen so I buttoned it all back together and now it wont start. It acts like the battery doesn't have the amps to start the car. it slowly turns over a couple of times then just clicks like a dead battery. Im at a complete loss. Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: forgot to mention the battery is brand new and also tried jumping it, as well as two different batteries pulled from running cars.

How is the resistance when you were moving the crank by hand ? Did it feel stiffer than before the belt snapped?

For it to start rotating the motor and then stop to click usually means that you simply are not getting enough current to the starter. I don't want to think that the rods are bent too because you were able to rotate the crank freely.


I would start with the basics now. Check for fuel, spark, and make sure your crank angle sensor, intake and exhaust cam sensors are plugged in. An o2 sensor unplugged could potentially cause the car to fail starting as well.

-pal215

Did you recheck the time after two complete crank revolutions?

New batteries can still be bad. They sit in warehouses forever. Starter could be bad.
If you could turn the engine over by hand, it should be fine.

Have the battery charged and try again.

Go over all the sensor connections on the head. As said before, start with the basics.

:lol: My buddy did this, called me said everything he did, car wouldn't start.

I told him his cams were 360 degrees out of phase {thumbup}

... started first try after that got fixed.