cylinders fire only once, but car does not start

[patildg]

About Toyota Camry 1998 4 cyl.
I had to replace no. 1 connecting rod and piston on my Camry.
To do this, I followed instructions from Chilton maual.
From top of engine, I removed the valve covers, intake manifold, exhust manifold, cylinder head, etc, etc. And from bottom, oil pan, balancer, etc. etc. and replaced the conrod and piston.

I did all put it back together as per instructions, lined up the timing belt correctly, but now when I crank the engine, it does not start.
It appears that when I try cranking after a long while (like first attempt on a new day) upon cranking, all 4 cylinders fire once (but only once) but the car does not start.

If I continue cranking, occassionally the cylinders fire, no start.

Has anybody seen anything similar? Any advice and clues will be appreciated.

[Larzzzz]

I would bet that your 180 degrees out. your timing is set on the exhaust stroke, not the compression stroke...been there, done that

[patildg]

I've finally managed to get the car running. (I had to change piston 1) on this camry.
But the car makes lot of smoke - whitish smoke (burning oil).
When I examined the plug on all cylinders, the cylinder 1 plug has oil on it.
The oil seems to be leaking in that cylinder and burning there.
Anybody knows how to fix this?

[ASG14]

White smoke is Coolant, not oil. Is there oil in your coolant or coolant in your oil?

[patildg]

No coolant in oil or oil in coolant, but oil has turned very dark in just about few hours of idling.
The smoke has bluish tint, so I thought it's oil.

I suspect the piston rings are not exact match (I used the original rings, changed only the piston).
Do the original piston's rings work with a Sealed Power piston?