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

robb wrote:
> "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
> 
> 
interesting!  can't see how it would be possible to prevent this, or fix 
it, but interesting nevertheless!