Ignition System Car Service and Repair

Your ignition system creates the electric spark that ignites your fuel-air mixture in the cylinder’s combustion chamber.

It all begins in the ignition coil, which takes the relatively weak power generated by the battery and turns it into a spark strong enough to ignite a fuel vapour. What we refer to as the coil is actually a combination of two wire coils — the primary and the secondary. The primary coil or “winding” carries the low voltage from the battery and the secondary coil transforms it into high voltage before sending it to the distributor.

The distributor takes the high voltage electricity generated by the ignition coil and sends it through the rotor — a spinning part that makes contact with each of the spark plug wires. The spark plug wires deliver the voltage to their connected spark plugs in each cylinder of your engine, igniting the fuel vapour during the combustion stroke. This process repeats thousands of times per minute, powering your car.

Because the ignition system is so crucial, it is one of the most important things to be checked during any routine service.

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Your ignition system consists of:

The battery, which feeds electrical current to the ignition coil.

The ignition coil, which transforms the 12 volts from the battery into the thousands of volts required to initiate the spark.

The distributor, which sends the high voltage from the coil to the spark plugs, controlling the timing to ensure they spark at the right time.

The spark plugs, which fit into the head of the engine cylinders and ignite the fuel when the piston is at the top of its compression stroke.

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If your ignition timing is even the slightest bit incorrect, it may cause the spark to ignite at the wrong time.

Common signs your ignition system is failing include:

In a working system, the spark ignites during the combustion stroke of the engine — that is, just after the piston has compressed the fuel-air mixture and as it is making its way back down. If the spark ignites too early, the fuel will expand too soon, forcing the piston down while it’s still travelling up and causing the engine to make a metallic pinging sound. If the spark ignites too late, maximum cylinder pressure will occur after the piston is on its way down the cylinder, result in less power and higher emissions.

If you notice any of the above symptoms, book a routine service or repair today. We'll come to you, diagnose your car's problem and give you an itemised quote before we do any work.

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