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 ...

The requirement to gap spark plugs might not be as common as it once was, but it's still an important bit of maintenance on ...

End-User Industry: The automotive sector, particularly passenger cars, holds the largest share of the spark and glow plug market. With the increasing adoption of spark and glow plugs in passenger cars ...

Diesel engines run on fuel that’s much thicker than gas, adding to the difficulty of cold-weather starts. To aid combustion, small electric heaters called glow plugs warm pre-combustion or combustion ...