Vehicle Ignition System Basics
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- In this episode of Saturday Mechanic, Ben Wojdyla explains the basics on how an ignition system operates and how it has evolved over the years.
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Videos like this make UA-cam a valuable source of information. Well done sir and best wishes to you.
keep posting more. This helped me understand a lot for my automotive electrical class.
As a automotive tech student studying the ignition system basics this video explained the ignition system better than the book we use.
Thanks for posting such a great video! This is by far the best instructional video I’ve ever seen UA-cam or anywhere else. Very in depth and informative, very professional, and at just the right speed. I will definitely be looking for more of your videos. You’re an excellent teacher!
This is fantastic, I would love to see more of these tutorials from you on the different aspects of an engine and all other systems in a car. I've shared your videos with all my car fanatics here in Ireland.
Pretty good visual to someone learning the information on paper only. ❤ thanks.
I learned more on this video then a semester class about cars in my school! Great video and Thanks for uploading it
I don't know Why I got into a $30k debt with UTI when I could've just learned everything from you Ben, on UA-cam...
This was pretty cool and you just mentioned what they been explaining to us in my automotive mechanics school for the pass 2 weeks in 7 minutes i can wait till we move on to the next thing
By far the most explained video
Nice video! People should watch this since it explains the basic system in vehicle ignition in a manner in which you understand it.
Hey Thanks Man !! I Was Having An Exam On This Ignition System And You Helped Me !!!
A very interesting and highly informative lecture. thanks
I'm restoring an old car, 56'. Thanks for the easy to understand principals.
Thank you, very well explained
The best explanation on ignition I have seen yet !!! thank you !!!
thank you, 74 dodge dart. really helped me understand path of current in which I needed help in.
One other mention is the Distribution cap o-ring gasket. The video mentions a stumbling or low power issue as a result of water and or moisture in the cap and or the wires/plugs. If you can’t replace the o ring due to size and vintage you can get Permatex RTV sealant and carefully craft your own gasket o ring for you distributor cap just make sure it’s neat with no RTV getting into the points/internals of the cap/rotor.
thank you i have a test on this tomorrow it really helped
did u do good on your test?
Thank you soo much, been looking for a good video to explain how to wire a distributor. (y)
Great job Ben..thanks for helping people.
The old CB points system was ingeniously marvelous. Kudos to the person who thought it up.
this the best and very simple to understand explanation I saw
Absolutly Excellent, way to go....
Hi bro, very simply you made us understand how the ignition system work. suberb. Truly appreciate.
Why did the original system need a separate distributor to switch the current on and off (since it's coming from DC from the battery), wheras the new one is able to transform the voltage without a separate distributor? What creates the changing current in order to create a magnetic field in the new transformer?
great video i have a 1969 vw beetle your video help me a lot.
Oh its nothing against you personally. I speak out against anyone that I feel is giving miss information. I have been actively in the business my entire adult life. Educated in the field as often as I could and a Master Auto Tech for about 25 years. I have been in position to educate many an up and coming technician throughout my career. Physical disaster struck me and now I can only educate from this computer. Things are a changing though.
Your video helped me troubleshoot a fifty year old forklift with no spark . I guess the wire from the key was shorted , when I checked for voltage at the coil during cranking it was only getting 2-3 volts . I ran hot wire from the battery and got spark . thanks !
good explanation with exact components. please keep posting more..
nice presentation... keep it up!!!! cant wait to see more of your videos.
the coil is an inductor. transformers only work on AC voltage. other than that you have a good presentation
Thanks for sharing knowledge sir
Very precise
distributor to camshaft and starter to crankshaft
Correct if wrong pls
you should make a video more in depth with the old toyota motor. i have that same motor in my AE86 and im having trouble with the ignition system. your video really really helped me. keep doing what your doing bro! your awesome. definitely subscribing!
No no, he should make a video more in depth with the older mopar motor, because that's what I have and I never take anyone else into consideration!
now that explains ... i did 3 years of mechanic study but never seen of heard about the modern one ... so thats why i asked =D tanks caranddriver !!!
Greatly helpful video. Thanks
An excellent tutorial - thank you.
This was a damn good video, thanks!
The tips thing just spooked me a few times.😅
Thank you so much for your reply. I appreciate it
Thank you very much my sir
Excellent learning
Thanks very much sr l really enjoyed the lesson. How can I join you when you on.
Thank you so much sir this is very helpful.
I think he described it in conventional electrical terms. Even though the battery has electron flow from Negative to Positive, early scientists believed it was the opposite. Even today electronic diagrams show this convention of a positive charge flowing.
Thank you !
very helpful please keep posting more
Chrysler developed the first electronic ignition system circa 1971. They then developed the first computerized (analog) ignition (Electronic Lean Burn) for the 1976 400 V8. In 1980, they digitized the system, renamed Electronic Spark Control, and added the Elecronic Fuel Control (feedback carbs) in 1981.
These systems catch a lot of flack, but they actually are quite reliable. 99% of the problems are either with the carb or poor connections/grounds.
As Rick Ehrenberg, SAE, says (Mopar Action) - unless you're building a pure race engine, there is no horsepower in ignition. If a Lean Burn car has issues, diagnose it and fix it. A carb kit, wire connector, vacuum hose, or even a reman computer is much cheaper than hacking up the car and replacing the ignition, intake, and carb.
Again, zero gain.
Thats a nice clean 4age 20v you have there
Thank you, thats great help.
excellent video - thanks Ben.
great technologies we ask for more...
It looks like a great video, thanks for your explanation about the engine distribution system but if i have in my car the distributor cap only without the breaking points and the condenser where the coil have an i/p of 4 points and the normal secondary o/p>>>>what does that mean and how it works?
Interesting but can u pls explain the principle of that cut out well again using another vedio only on cut out
very well explained thank you
very nice video
Cool video...except I don't get your last statement (7:00)...how can guaranteeing no misfires be bad for the engine and emissions...?
I have a 85 22r and I set the timing at 1 3 4 2 and know its not sparking its turning over fast but no spark from the plugs
excellent
Nice explained. Blessings.
thank you mr
Nice one
Great video! really helped
Yes! I was wondering however if you can show me a points to electronic conversion.(as well as any recommended coils) Thanks!
I've got a 1976 MGB. It has a coil with four wires coming off the top of it along with the cable that connects to the distributor. Two of the four wires enter the bottom of the distributor. What's their purpose?
Good
Thanks Ben
Thank you so much. You are an excellent teacher. If you please can you tell me how many sensors are there in Toyota 1993 car? And what causes a car to hard start?
thanks you just help me with my problems
great once we are on the subject of car electronics can you guys make a vid and explain how and electric car works and why most of them is one speed or 2 speed gearbox... also how does a hydrogen fuel cell cars works and what modification need to be made to a normal engine to run on hydrogen... thank you very much
- a fan of the show
Ty! My 69 f100 is giving me a hard time starting. Cranks and cranks then finally turns over
Fantastic but I would like to know on what is the negative Charge of the battery connected to? is it connected to the ignition?
good work man ....
nice video
simple & clear
that helped me a lot ..thanks :)
More of this stuff!
sir wonderful lecture thank you
Nice video, can you please explain what happens when there is no spark at the plugs, where has the system broke down at? points, rotor,and condensor all have been replaced
Thank you.
Thank you
would have been good if you covered ignition advance as well
Thanks good basic tutorial and is not common like this taking apart.
Awesome...learned a lot from this video. I have a 2002 f150. Check engine light is on. Codes mark misfire and oxygen sensors failing. Now may the problem be with the spark plugs and coil or with the catalytic converters? Because I believe it's missing them but I need to confirm that.
nice explanation man, ive subscribed! i really enjoy it, thk u!
Hi bro good day nice work i have a problem with a electronic distributor with a built in coil and also has a condenser mounted outside the distributor the plugs get damaged and the wire got mix up it also has an ignitor can you help me on how to connect it thanks
Thanks for a great video is it okay if get 11,75v tru my ignition system or must it be 12v
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing :)
Thanks, this is interesting. The only thing I want to advise You is: to make the duration of showing tips longer. Thanks in forward
cool vid simple yet informative
Thanks a lot
Sir.....more please
could you talk more about the reluctor and different types of triggering devices?
thankyou
hi , I would like you explain vaccume advance and mechanical advance distributors , thank you.
i have a problem with a 1989 Isuzu trooper 2.6 motorit seems to be running on 2 cylinders I checked the compression its good, coil is good, spark plugs and wires, distributor, timing, is good I am thinking its the pickup coil after seein this video what are some of the syntons and how do I test the pick up coil - thanks
thanks for the lesson master. crazy how they had the idea to give a coil for every plug .. im use to only having one main coil, my plugs have to share >;)
thank u i believe
i have a ford f-150 1985 truck with electronic was running and just stopped what ballast resistor do i use to bypass the trucks system
What if my coil reads fine, I've got my 12v of power and ground going to it, I connected it to my distributer, but still no spark? I've ensurered my wires have no breaks, my distributer rotor points were clean, and all other connections are clean. Any tips?
Hi Sir, do you know the ignition specification of a Toyota Hilux 2r 1968?
and what are the valve clearance? thanks from the Philippines