The P0351 code means your engine control module (ECM) has detected a malfunction in the ignition coil “A” primary/secondary circuit, which corresponds to cylinder 1 on most engines. When this circuit ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

Heat initiates the internal combustion process. Diesel engines utilize the temperature buildup from extremely high compression (pressure) to ignite the air/fuel mixture, with a little help from glow ...

Myth 1:A Voltmeter Is BestReality:A Scope Is Much BetterThe reason ignition systems are so hard to understand is because the flow of electricity cannot be seen. A common voltmeter used by many to ...

Ignition coils play a crucial role in a vehicle's ignition system as essential components that facilitate the engine's combustion process. They are responsible for converting the low voltage supplied ...

Ignition coils sit at the center of every gasoline engine’s spark, yet they usually stay invisible until something goes wrong. When a coil starts to fail, the symptoms can look like fuel problems, ...

Ignition coils play a crucial role in a vehicle’s ignition system. They serve to convert the battery’s low voltage into the high voltage necessary to fire the spark plugs. If there’s any malfunction ...

When you’re trying to learn about older cars, you might as well be signing up for the debate club. Every question, especially when it comes to breaker points, electronic, and multiple spark discharge ...

We like automated and electronic gizmos on a four-by about as much as we like having the rear pinion-gear break halfway through the trail. Yet, the Jacobs Omni series of computerized ignitions is ...

We can hear the howling already. "Why do I want to put some junk GM ignition on my (insert AMC, Mopar, or Ford)?" The answer is: Don't—unless you like the idea of a higher-performance, more-efficient ...

Hinckley Triumph motorcycle owners have been complaining about ignition coil failures since, well, probably since the first Bloor Triumph sputtered off the assembly line. This is Part 1 of this ...

F. R. HAIGH has recently compared the relative advantages of magneto and coil ignition used for generating the explosions which occur in motor-car engines (Students' Quart. J. Inst. Elec. Eng., Dec.).