We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over the last century or so, the auto industry has changed in a myriad of incredible ways. It's mind-boggling to think of just how far we've ...

A diesel engine is a powerful and complex piece of engineering. Unlike a petrol engine that requires a spark, a diesel engine relies on pressure to compress the air within the cylinder. This ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The glow plugs in a diesel are like the spark plugs in a gasoline engine, but they function differently. The only similarities between glow ...

Diesel engines ignite the air/fuel mixture with heat generated by friction and compression, while gasoline engines use the heat caused by a spark from a spark plug. That's why diesel engines are ...

2009 - PACE Award Winner BorgWarner Inc. What: Pressure Sensor Glow Plug (PSG) for Diesel Engines Judge's Citation: The Pressure Sensor Glow Plug senses the combustion pressure in each cylinder of a ...

Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) has developed a glow plug assisted heavy-duty methanol engine based on the standard production diesel engine F8L 413F. This type of engine is an air-cooled, ...

In recent years, intensive research has been pursued throughout the world in order to find substitutes to crude oil based fuel in compressionignition engines. Among the different fuels studied, ...