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As a car owner, the advantage of knowing something about the different parts of an automobile is that it can somehow help you fix or troubleshoot some automotive problems by yourself. Experiencing unexpected breakdown of any car part or system can result to some serious problems especially when you do not have any single idea on how to deal with it because you don’t even know what it is. One good example is when your car won’t start anymore despite the fact that you have just used it the other day. Would you know which part is having problem? Or to which system does it belong?
One of the most important systems of an automobile is the ignition system basically because in order for anyone to make use of a car, he needs to start it first. If your car is one that belongs to the vintage generation or among the several late-model ones which are equipped with a distributor, then the distributor is one possible part to consider why your car fails to start. A distributor like the Saab distributor is an ignition system component which, by the name itself, distributes the generated spark from the coil to the appropriate spark plug wire, in accordance with the engine’s firing order.
But how does a distributor works? It rotates through a gear on the camshaft and triggers the ignition. The coil then fires, hurling its power back to the distributor through the coil wire, and then the distribution process takes place. A distributor is divided into three sections: the upper, middle and the lower sections. The middle section provides the place where the corners of the spinning breaker cam strike the breaker arm and separate the points some 160 miles an hour, and where the high voltage surge are being produced and transported going into the distributor cap.
Since the distributor is one vital component of the ignition system, it is but important to pay attention to it and replace it when necessary. There would be no problem if your vehicle is one that sports a distributorless ignition system.
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