After new timing belt, valve job, car wont start. I need help!
I have a 2005 Aveo with 112K hwy miles and had the idler pulley break which jammed in the timing belt and it stripped. Bent all the exhaust valves, so I had the head at a machine shop for a valve job and new valves. I installed new water pump, idler pulley, tensioner and belt. I was told by the machine shop that the hydrolic lifters take some time to settle in and don't be alarmed if no compression in the begining. The car wont start, just cranks over. Ran the battery down twice. I triple checked the timing marks as far as shinning a light on a straight edge to see the shadow on the marks and are perfectly in line with the sprocket bolt centers. The fuel rail has preasure and the engine has done maybe one or two backfires. All the connections are accounted for and, well, I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions?Thanks.....
Another update: Something new this time
Ok, today I now have 2 cylinders with compression. So I have 2 at 125 lbs. and 2 at 0 lbs.
The car will start and run on 2 cylinders but not well and not drivable. When I have it running, the engine light and hold light both flash on and off.
I'm starting to believe it the lifters are stuck and freeing up one at a time. The flashing lights, no clue.........
Here's what happened.....
On the 4th day, I expected the 4th cylinder to have compression. Nope. I took off the valve cover, tapped on the tops of the lifters, poured oil on them and let then sit over night. Next day, started it and had compression in all 4 cylinders. Great!!, but had a bad miss. I took out all the plugs (since it had been running rich on most cylinders) and cleaned them. Ran much better but still has a bad miss-fire. Engine light is flashing but it's drivable (barely). Tomorrow, I'll work on this issue............