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#484 of 488 Igniter by armtdm

Apr 10, 2003 (4:53 am)

I also have never ever heard of an igniter. Sounds like a British name for something we call by another name!

#485 of 488 Igniter by df2000

Apr 10, 2003 (2:39 pm)

Igniter unit is a little electronic box,sometimes
located inside a distributor. Not cheap,I know new
from Honda for my Accord $190.It also send engine
speed(rpm) to tachometer if you have one.

#486 of 488 old Toyotas by nippononly

Apr 10, 2003 (10:33 pm)

used to all have igniters. If they go funky the engine runs badly, apart from that I know little about it (black box to me). It looks like a metal cigar, and sits on the top of the wheel well in the engine bay right next to the coil in my old celica, where I replaced it a long time ago.
Toyota charges unbelievable amounts of $$ for them, like $200, but I got one from a junk yard for $10.

#487 of 488 an igniter sometimes is referred by gsleve

Apr 11, 2003 (9:50 am)

to as an ignition module this term igniter usually referenced when it comes to german cars or swedish, my first encounter and thereafter was in a volkswagen jetta noteworthy was that the same part the igniter was also used in a saab 900 both car's implemented the bosch ignition system yet the price for this component in the saab was 4x times higher in price

#488 of 488 Now I gotcha... by andre1969

Apr 11, 2003 (11:05 am)

...I think on Chryslers it's referred to as an ECU (Electronic Control Unit?). It's a little box that's about 4x4x1 that's bolted to the firewall, and has a plug with about 4-5 prongs stuck to it.
 
At least that's how it was on both of my '79 Chryslers (yes, I was masochistic enough to put myself through TWO of that year!) and my '89...I'm sure they've moved on to something more advanced, now.

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