Just did a timing belt on my '90 SE. Can someone tell me what the effect of being one tooth out on the #2,4,6 cam gear would have on the running of the engine. The engine idles smooth but has no power. I'm only speculating on the cam being out; the engine ran rough, like an injector was not opening BEFORE I did the belt.

Thanks in advance...

 

I'd replace it. The bearing on the 2,4,6 cam broke on my VG and the results destroyed the cylinder heads.

 

Follow up to post...

The timing belt was not installed correctly!! Re-examination revealed that the crank pulley was out of sinc by one tooth-enough to make the car run like it had no power - fairly smooth idle but no get up and go!

I did learn that the new belt is marked for proper alignment with the gears; all you have to do is know that there are 40 teeth between the 2 cam gears and/or how to align the gears with the marks on the engine and then the belt.

Martin
'90 SE 5Sp