So my ex was driving our 2005 Accent when the timing belt slipped, lost teeth and engine stopped. Got the car home and took the head out and surveyed the damage. Luckily only one bent valve. Replaced the timing belt and water pump. Replaced the bent valve, cleaned the others and replaced all gaskets. Head is back in car and everything turns nicely. Car with turn over but not fire, checked compression and zero in all cylinders. Any idea how to troubleshoot this now?

 

Ouch !! This could hurt.
Just in case you did not follow the specified procedure for installing a new timing belt you might wind up pulling the head again and doing a repeat performance replacing bent valves. Valves that appeared OK can not be sealing even if slightly bent, and if the cam and crank are not timed correctly, compression problems are present.

You had to have some knowledge if you did the work, but are you sure you followed the correct procedure?

 

I belive so, it's my cousin doing the work as I know nothing at all about engines. He does know some, with the divorce in process money is incredibly tight so we are trying to get it going ourselves.

 

Just as a refresher,
There are some videos on U Tube that might help to determine if anything was overlooked.

 

Would guess the valves aren't seating properly
More damage than expected???