No your timming belt broke!!! now if you have a interference engine you will need a new car!!!
the only way to know is if you search your year make and engine size of your car..
you better hope its a non interference engine .. than just change the belt.. good luck. this is a basic timming belt photo .
You can use the obd2 scanner to check engine system first. Maybe it is caused by fault codes.
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Whenever I had this problem, it was always cured with a new set of GOOD spark plug wires. Not generic set off the parts store shelf. Get some moisture removal spray and put it on both ends, the coil and the plug, before putting the wires on. Do one wire at a time so you do not get them mixed up. I do not think you have a distributor or a cap. If you do replace it also as it is over 20 years old.
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Could try the crank sensor, that is where I would start. Next would be the timing & compression.
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If all you did was replace the distributor cap and now it won't start. Either the cap is the wrong one, or it is faulty, take it back to where you bought it and have it replaced for another one. Make sure it is the correct one for your model.
When you took the cap off, did you remove the rotor button also? If so did you remember to put it back, don't laugh it is a common mistake.
Something else to check is that all the plug wires are snug in the distributor cap. Test this by pushing down on the actual wires and not the caps. Some times they don't go in far enough.
A couple of other things to check in the cap is for 'tracking/arcing' you will see this by taking the cap off and looking inside it and if it is tracking you will see a what looks like a hairline crack, this is from the electrical charge arcing out.
Check the little carbon rod that sits in the top of the distributor cap make sure it springs in and out and isn't broken.
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If the shaft in the distributor does not turn, either the shaft or gear is broken, or the cam is not turning in the engine. That could be from a broken timing belt.
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