Hello. Could somebody please tell me what the following part is and what is its function:



It is a Magneti Marelli part with the no. BKL4A inscribed on it.


Thanks a lot in advance.

could be a heatsink unit for an ignition coil pack

The Fiat Cinquecento
Fun While It Runs

Yeah, must be a heatsink of some sort, hence the cooling ribs. Looks like it's going to fit a spesific part.

Morten.


abarth wheels & steering. ia lowered. pg audio. refurnish.

projects: air intake. (used) seats. exhaust-repair. legal tint.

Looks like the ignition system ECU/ control unit to me.

Thanks eveybody!

It seems to be an ignition control unit.

Can anybody tell me what it actually does?

It manages all the electrical information needed to create a spark in the spark plugs.

Although it is a lot more complicated than that, i think that pretty much sums it up...

Appreciate the info Chrisunoman.

No probs Thunderer



Pics of my car are on my homepage, see my profile.

now that you have it. what will you use it for. might make an ornate draining board or CD rack

99 Brava 100 HSX,Met Cognac

04 Toyota Avensis 2.0 d4d. Champagne. 16" Alloys, Climate, Traction Etc....

If the picture is what it looks like it is the cooling fins for the electronic module on an electronic distributor.

It's not an ECU - just a (more accurate) substitute for a set of contact breaker points.

it works just like an old distributor with a set of contact breaker points to feed the ignition coil, but it uses a 4 pole magnet, a coil, and an electronic module to provided the current to the coil.

I'm sure someone will say the pick-up is a "Hall effect" device, but in this application it is a coil.

With this controlling your ignition you either have a carburettor controlling the fuel/air mixture, or you might just have a Bosch Mono-jetronic fuel injection system* (which controls fuel injection only - unlike newer systems which do both ignition and injection).


Regards

John H

* the Panda used this system for a few months only in early 1993 - like mine...