Ignition System 2

Ignition System
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Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. identify the theory and function of ignition system

into the vehicle
b. familiarize into the working principle and diagram
test of ignition system
c. perform a simple repair/troubleshooting
What is Ignition System?
The system in an internal-combustion engine

that produce the spark to ignite the mixture of
fuel and air includes the battery, ignition coil,
distributor, spark plugs and associated
switches and wiring.
Ignition Function
• Produce 30,000 volt spark across spark plug

• Distributes high voltage spark to each spark
plug in correct sequence
• Times the spark so it occurs as piston is
nearing top dead center
• Varies spark timing with load, speed, and
other conditions
Basic Ignition System Components
 Battery
 Ignition Switch
 Ignition Coil
 Switching Device
 Spark Plug
 Ignition System Wires
Basic Ignition System
• Battery supplies power
to entire system
• Ignition switch turns
engine on or off
• Coil transforms volts
• Switching device
triggers ignition coil
• Spark plug and wires
distribute spark
Ignition Coil
• Transformer
• 2 sets of windings
-Primary windings
-Secondary windings
• Iron core
• Produces magnetic
field
Battery Ignition System
A battery ignition system has a 6 – or 12 – volt battery charged

by an engine driven generator to supply electricity, an ignition
coil to increase the voltage, a device to interrupt current from
the coil, a distributor to direct current to the correct cylinder,
and a spark plug projecting into each cylinder.
Current goes from the battery through the primary winding of

the coil, through the interrupting device, and back to the
battery.
The Primary circuit consist of the battery, ammeter, ignition
switch, primary coil winding, capacitor and breaker ponds.
The function of these components are:
Battery - provides the power to run the system

Ignition switch - allows the driver to turn the system on and
off
Primary coil - produces the magnetic field to create the high
voltage in the secondary coil
Breaker points - a mechanical switch that acts as the
triggering mechanism
Capacitor – protects the points from burning out
The Secondary circuit converts magnetic induction into
voltage electricity to jump across the spark plug gap, firing the
mixture at the right time. The function of the components are:
Secondary coil – the part of the coil that create the high
voltage electricity.
Rotor – spin around on the top of the distributor shaft, and
distributes the spark to the right spark plug.
Spark plug – take the electricity from the wires and give it an
air gap in the combustion chamber to jump across to light the
mixture.
Magneto Ignition System
• The simplest form of spark ignition is that using a magneto.

• An ignition magneto, or high tension magneto, is a magneto that
provides current for the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine, such
as a petrol engine.
• The engine spins a magnet inside a coil, or, in the earlier designs, a coil
inside a fixed magnet, and also operates a contact breaker, interrupting
the current and causing the voltage to be increased sufficiently to jump
a small gap.
• The spark plugs are connected directly from the magneto output.
Distributor less Ignition System
The principles of operation are basically no
different than those for distributor equipped
electronic ignition systems that began
appearing on American automobiles in 1972.
There are 2 obvious differences:

• A DI system does not have a mechanical
distributor.
• Most DI systems use one coil for every
two spark plugs (however some systems
have one coil per cylinder i.e. BMW).
Distributor less Ignition System
In operation the only major difference is that DI systems fire all of the engines
spark plugs in ONE crankshaft revolution, whereas the old mechanical distributor
type fires all plugs every TWO crankshaft revolutions. coil per cylinder i.e. BMW).
On all four stroke engines, equipped with or with out distributors require TWO
crankshaft revolutions (720° travel) for the combustion to occur on each cylinder
On engines with an even number of cylinders, combustion occurs in half of the

cylinders in the first revolution (360°) and in the other half in the second half of
the revolution. Each cylinder that has combustion in the first revolution has a
companion cylinder that fires 360° apart from it during the second revolution
Some of Ignition System Troubleshooting
The first thing to understand is that ignition problems

come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and that’s partly
different vehicle have different ignition systems and
partly there
Problem: areout
No spark various symptoms
of the oil
Possible Causes and solution: Possible open in the ignition switch
Possible detective ignition module
(if electronic ignition coil)
Possible shorted condenser
Problem: Possible Causes and solution:
Weak spark out of the coil Possible high-resistance coil wire or spark
plug wire
Possible poor ground between the

distributor or module and the engine block
Problem: Possible Causes and solution:
Engine missing Possible defective (open) spark plug wire possible

worm or fouled spark plugs
Possible detective pickup coil
Possible defective module
Possible poor electrical connections at the pickup coil

and module
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Ignition System

a. identify the theory and function of ignition system

The system in an internal-combustion engine

• Produce 30,000 volt spark across spark plug

A battery ignition system has a 6 – or 12 – volt battery charged

Current goes from the battery through the primary winding of

Battery - provides the power to run the system

• The simplest form of spark ignition is that using a magneto.

There are 2 obvious differences:

On engines with an even number of cylinders, combustion occurs in half of the

The first thing to understand is that ignition problems

Problem: Possible Causes and solution:

Possible poor ground between the

Problem: Possible Causes and solution:

Engine missing Possible defective (open) spark plug wire possible

Possible detective pickup coil

Possible defective module

Possible poor electrical connections at the pickup coil

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