A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

Diesel engines do their hardest work in the toughest jobs, from highway semis to construction equipment, and the reason they ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Aston Martin Lagonda Global has been granted a patent for a pre-combustion chamber assembly designed for spark ignition engines. This assembly features an ignition chamber that effectively removes ...

The most serious damage from misfuelling occurs after turning on the ignition, the RAC has previously explained.

Back in the days of carburetors and cigarette lighters being common in dashboards, a Gen-II Hemi didn't need a lot of spark plugs to prove a point. Eight cylinders, eight spark plugs — simple, loud, ...