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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / August 2006Ignition coil question
After an engine starts does the coil continue to put out high voltage to the distributor? Or does it go out of service kind of like the starter once the engine takes over? thanks > After an engine starts does the coil continue to put out high voltage to the > distributor? Or does it go out of service kind of like the starter once the > engine takes over? The ignition system continues to put out high voltage to the spark plugs. There is usually a higher intensity spark during starting, and it may then drop to a 'run' level when the engine fires up. Is this a points equipped ignition, doesn't any body provide relevant info anymore!!! >> After an engine starts does the coil continue to put out high voltage to > the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > when > the engine fires up. > Is this a points equipped ignition, doesn't any body provide relevant info > anymore!!! Well, Shep, heck no they don't. At least he told us it had a distributor, which eliminates diesel as a possibility ;>) Heck, arent all cars the same??? Love it, just gets worse, huh? >> Is this a points equipped ignition, doesn't any body provide relevant >> info [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > which eliminates diesel > as a possibility ;>) Heck, arent all cars the same??? > Love it, just gets worse, huh? >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - > Total Privacy via Encryption =---- surprised someone didnt give him a practical lesson like unhooking a plug lead and touching his tongue to it while engine is running..........100K volts would have given him a quick answer!............kjun >> Love it, just gets worse, huh? >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > lead and touching his tongue to it while engine is running..........100K > volts would have given him a quick answer!............kjun The first answer by MasterBlaster is what I was looking for. The coil works in another Metro of the same type. For some reason will not produce the high voltage to the distributor in the Metro that I am trying to troubleshoot now. I was curious how the coil worked seeing as how nothing I have tried to this point has worked. The quick answer to your above statement is it wouldn't have given me a thing and that therein lies the problem. >>>Love it, just gets worse, huh? >>> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > statement is it wouldn't have given me a thing and that therein lies the > problem. >> After an engine starts does the coil continue to put out high voltage to >> the distributor? Or does it go out of service kind of like the starter once >> the engine takes over? > Is this a points equipped ignition, doesn't any body provide relevant info > anymore!!! It doesn't matter if the ignition uses points or not. > After an engine starts does the coil continue to put out high voltage to the > distributor? Or does it go out of service kind of like the starter once the > engine takes over? The coil creates the high voltage that fires the plugs. The distributor sends (or should we say "distributes") the voltage to the plugs in the proper sequence. No coil, no spark. |
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