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Re: Ignition coil primary waveform, coil saturation time
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 12/17/2014

Richard, That's interesting. If I remember correctly, I think some coils have diodes in them, Zener diodes I think, that eliminate voltage spikes from going back to the PCM. Certain systems look for that voltage spike to verify circuit integrity, while other s... Login to read more.