Need some help with 5S, Not a Celica, but still a 5S Options

[d3ath2009]

Recently did some work on my mother-in-law's car. Not a Celica, but a '99 Camry with a 5S so it should be close enough that diagnosis on here may be helpful. I replaced the head gasket, put on new timing belt and water pump, got everything back together and now the car just won't start. At first it would start to hit on ether, but then it eventually quit with that so at this point it may be flooded out, but not entirely sure. I am wonder if its possibly not getting fuel. Timing is good, did it by the book and i checked everything half a dozen times to be sure. It has compression and is also getting spark. Any ideas as to what would cause it not to start and/or how to remedy a possibility of air in the fuel lines? I can hear the fuel pump running after trying to turn the engine a few times, so it should at least be sending fuel up front, but I don't know if its getting to the injectors yet or not. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated and helpful.

[Smaay]

it should still run if the coolant sensor is bad. just crappy. if you are getting spark then your signals are good to the ECU. you said it has compression but what were the numbers? was it about 180 across the board?

[Box]

it should still run if the coolant sensor is bad. just crappy. if you are getting spark then your signals are good to the ECU. you said it has compression but what were the numbers? was it about 180 across the board?

I guess it depends and varies from make to make and car to car, but had a Maxima that refused to start and run when the coolant sensor went out. It just flooded it out and coughed out raw fuel. I think he said he checked compression by feel and not by a gauge.