When your car is on but not moving, and you are not touching the gas pedal, it is idling. For instance, when you are waiting at a stop light, your car is idling.

Controlled by the ECU, this device regulates idle speed in fuel injected engines.

This is a special kind of circuit found in a carburetor that only operates when the engine is at an idle.

The condensor soaks up excess electrical energy in an ignition system that has points. This prevents that extra energy from jumping across the points when they first open and close.

Part of the ignition system which instructs the coil to send voltage to the distributor.

Part of the ignition system which instructs the coil to send voltage to the distributor. They do this by opening and closing, which turns on and off a circuit.

This is the switch where you insert the key that starts your vehicle.

The ignition system contains the components that supply spark to your vehicle's spark plugs. These include the battery, induction coil, capacitor, distributor (including the cap and rotor), spark plug wires, ignition module, and the spark plugs themselves. Older cars also have ignition points and an ignition condensor.

Vehicles sold by manufacturers primarily located outside North America whether assembled Overseas or in North America.

An organization that typically operates at arms length or under contractual agreement with manufacturers to bring products made in one country into another.

(inch lbs.; sometimes in.lb. or in. lbs.) One twelfth of a foot pound.

Small service outlet offering specialized repair services. They usually do not sell gasoline.

A suspension design that allows each wheel to move up and down independently of the others. It can be found on just two wheels or on all four. A term used to refer to any type of suspension system that allows each of the two wheels of a given axle to move up and down independently of each other.

A means of transferring electrical energy in the form of a magnetic field. Principle used in the ignition coil to increase voltage.

A device, usually mechanically operated, which meters and delivers fuel under pressure to the fuel injector.

A device which receives metered fuel under relatively low pressure and is activated to inject the fuel into the engine under relatively high pressure at a predetermined time.

An engine having the cylinders in a straight line, one after the other. Also called a 'straight' engine.

The shaft to which torque is applied, usually carrying the driving gear or gears.

An individual is an insured in relation to one's own insurance carrier.

The mixture of fuel and air that flows into the engine.