Symptoms of Bad Distributor In Car
Distributor is used to distribute the high current from ignition coil to various spark plugs in case of the multi cylinder engine. Distributor is required to distribute the current equally to all the spark plugs from the secondary coil as per the firing order. It consists of a contact breaker and a cam, with lobes according to the number of spark plugs. The contact breaker breaks the circuit, inside the distributor and the respective high voltage, available during every break of the circuit, is supplied to the respective spark plug through high tension cable connecting them. A bad distributor can wreak havoc in your car’s engine. To solve this issue one should know how to diagnose to find the exact faults.A bad distributor will normally gives a variety of symptoms, which can often times be recognizable? Shaking of Car: Simple sign that your distributor is going bad is unexplained shaking whenever the car is running. This can range from a small vibrating to a more prolonged shaking that can be felt throughout the car. This shaking can intimate that the distributor is not spinning appropriately. So , affecting the timing and firing process. With faulty distributor caps, this type of shaking is observed frequently when the car is sitting idle, or when the car has come to a complete stop while running, such as while stopped at a red light or stop sign. Difficulty in Starting: Another important symptom is difficulty in starting the vehicle, It indirectly indicates that the distributor is faulty. This is usually seen when the vehicle is being started in areas with low outdoor temperatures. The burst of heat that occurs as a result of an engine running with the cold distributor cap, which is covered in plastic, is often cause for the distributor cap to break under stress from the heat, and is most commonly seen on cars that are kept outdoors or in unheated