- To prevent personal injury and/or damage to the electronic ignition system, when working on vehicles with an electronic ignition system, pay attention to the following:
- Do not touch or disconnect the ignition wires while the engine is running or when starting.
- Disconnect the ignition wires only when the ignition is switched off. When the ignition is on, high voltage shock can be caused by shaking the distributor.
- Connecting and disconnecting instrument leads (tachometer, ignition tester) only be done with the ignition off.
- Do not connect to terminal 1 (-) interference suppression capacitor and test lamp. Measuring instruments and a strobe lamp with a supply voltage of 12 V must not be connected to terminal 15 of the ignition coil while the engine is running.
- Terminals 1 and 15 of the ignition coil must not be shorted to ground.
- With the engine running, do not carry out such checks where the high-voltage wire is at a distance from the ground, or disconnect the individual plugs of the spark plugs.
- The high voltage test should not be carried out at start-up with the distributor terminal 4 high voltage wire disconnected.
- Before the engine is driven by the starter (e.g. when checking compression pressure) or scroll by hand, switch off the ignition and the plug of the inductive sensor of the ignition distributor (green wire) and disconnect from the switch.
- The ignition coil must not be replaced by a coil of a different design. Never install an ignition coil designed for a contact ignition system.
- When heated to more than 80'C (varnishing, steaming) the engine must not start immediately after the warm-up phase.
- Engine washing should only be carried out at rest.
- During electric and spot welding, the battery must be completely disconnected.