need help on '92

[utah_gonz]

i replaced the timing belt last weekend and ran it for 3 hrs. after that and it ran fine. the next morning it was a little hard to start and it got worse every day and now i can't get it to start at all. i timed it with the light, checked all vacuum hoses, fuel pump is pumping. now i'm stuck. anything would help. Thanks

[reym]

Does the engine sounds as if its not compressing anything? Is the starting rpm much faster than normal?

[utah_gonz]

no, it sounds normal besides the starting up part. haha. it ran fine before the belt. i also pulled the head because i thought for sure the valves would be bent but they were fine.

[boroEF]

valves wont be bent on the ae92. it's a non interferance engine.
check the starter

[utah_gonz]

it's not the starter. it does give codes for the VSS and intake temp. the Haynes book i have doesn't tell how to test them or even where the VSS is. Does anybody know? it's my girlfriends car so i don't know how long these codes have been showing.

[garryconn]

My problem is that the timing is off.... some how the belt lost its tension and now the timing is off bad. I have a 92 corolla dx. Can so one please tell me how to get this thing back on. Read in the
manual about getting pistion #1 at TDC... but that is very hard to
do without any professional tools. What I have been doing was
using a straighted coat hanger and making hashs marks on it to
try the find the highest hash mark on the compression stroke. Thought that I had done that... but still not working.

[TRDragoon]

^ you can make your #1 cylinder TDC with out proffesional tool....but i hope you have basic tool kits.

the problem with hard to start could be anything...can be any of these:
-fuel pump
-ignition system
-distributer in worng position.
-spark plugs
-starter
-low batteryvoltage/amp

could be anything.