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What is a distributor in a car?
I had trouble getting my car to start, and my parents told me to check the distributor. What is a distributor in a car?
Melanie Mergen · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Sorry to hear you’re having car trouble. A distributor is part of your vehicle’s ignition that distributes high voltage to the engine’s spark plugs. When that voltage reaches the spark plugs, the air/fuel mixture in the engine ignites, and then your vehicle can hum to life.
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