A few questions about cam timing on a D15 89 STD civic. I bought the car for $350 not running. After inspecting everything and making sure to have fuel and spark I inspect the T/B. It was off by a tooth. So I try to time it back and it wont time. Its an aftermarket belt, so I throw on a spare DX belt I have laying around thats OEM Honda and it still wont time correctly. Its always a tooth or 2 off. The engine is extremely easy to rotate manually so Im wondering if there is any comp at all. Im gonna do a leakdown test to find out more. Any ideas on the timing issues? Will the car start 2 teeth off? TIA

 

Someone has to know.

 

It's gonna be hard to check the compression with the timing degrees off! It has to be the right timing and able to crank strongly with a good battery to get proper compression #'s.