Home › Forums › Stay Dirty Lounge › Service and Repair Questions Answered Here › Replaced head gasket but car wont start. › Re: Replaced head gasket but car wont start. November 2, 2012 at 7:21 am #473793 LJ11194Participant [quote=”Wrench Turner” post=36096]you are probably TDC on the exhaust stroke. make sure you are TDC on compression.[/quote] I second that, seems like everything else is in order.