Car not starting sounds weird?

2006 RENAULT CLIO
114,000 MILES • 1.4L • 4 CYL • MANUAL
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BENMIDDLETON
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Car just had water pump and timing done car won’t start cranks but no rev change and car crank sounds weird
Mar 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Hmm, bummer, can you upload a short video of the noise so I can tell for sure what is going on? It sounds like the timing belt was not installed correctly. If so here are the timing marks so you can double check it. You can do a compression test to confirm the failure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxIm1F8AW0

The 2006 Renault Clio 1.4L (commonly the K4J 1.4 16-valve engine) is an interference engine. So f the timing belt let go you will have bent valves which is not good. Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.
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Mar 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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