Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?

"Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jim Yanik <jyanik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>
> >> Like jim says, it's possible. Apparently the igniter
controls its own
> >> dwell by sensing back EMF as the coil charges up.
> >
> > From the pictures of an igniter you posted awhile back,the
igniter has
> > a control IC that measures the emitter current
>
>
> So then maybe the OP's igniter simply suffered a random
failure.
>
> I've got 295,300 miles and seventeen years on my original
igniter.
> Borrowed time?

Tegger,
i took my igniter apart to see what was inside. (it is labeled
OKI.)

 i popped the plastic panel off the back there was sticky (but
not strong) transparent gel around the electronics. I could see
smallish silver wires welded to each outer ternminal and then
connected  to contact points/pads on the circuit board.. while
removing the gel *carefully* with Q-tip,  one of the silver wires
easily came away from it's pad/tower.  then one of the
pads/towers (that the wires connected to)  just lifted off the
circuit board ( no  force ) this was not good as i could not
budge any of the remaining contact pads by jamming with a Q-tip.
when i inspected the pad and circuit board with a magnifyng glass
there appeaared to be corrosion or oxidation where the loose pads
were mounted

so i tested switching electronics by using sharp probes and
making the test contacts directly onto circuit board pads or pad
mount points...  to my surprise the ignitor ****works and
switches ****

So in my case it seems to be a mechanical failure  with the
circuit  connections... inside the ignitor

rob