Igniter / Distributor during Starting

[malcster]

Someone told me that the igniter sends signals to the ECU something like this:

1st send a small amount of fuel and a spark
2nd check for ignition
3rd if we get ignition send OK to ECU for fuel and running, otherwise cut the fuel.

Apparently its to prevent the engine flooding?

He said that is why, when the ignitor packs in, you get a small sort of stutter/caugh from the engine and then it dies - basically because it's not sending the signal to the ECU to say "ok, send the fuel permenantly", and the engine just dies.

Is this true?

[NoddE]

The igniter sends a signal to the oem ecu all the time, telling that the coil has fired. If it does not receive this signal after about 8 (i think) spark events in a row it should shut of fuel (The IGF signal).

At starting (cranking) it sends a small amount of fuel before it starts to fire the coil, and as soon as you have a successful ignition even making the engine rev up above a certain rpm (i think it is 400rpm) it goes out of starting mode and engine should be running like normal.