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Vantage - Starter Amp pattern vs Ign Secondary Spike Cranking - BAD
Posted to the Waveform Library on 11/14/2007

In this pattern we are seeing a problem with spark timing... when cranking, the ign spike should occur at a point which lines up somewhere near peak starter amps. This this case, timing is well out of phase..

Problem with timing belt, distributor pickup or c...