Both diesel and gasoline engines burn fuel to produce power, but they do it in different ways. While a gas engine uses spark plugs to ignite the air/fuel mix, diesels have no spark plugs and rely on ...

Diesel-powered trucks date back to 1923 when one of Karl Benz' early companies — Benz & Cie — installed a four-cylinder, 45-horsepower unit in a 5K3 truck chassis. It proved to be a winning ...

Typically, when people think of diesel engines, they think about torque. Compared to their regular gas-powered counterparts, diesel engines tend to have lower horsepower and higher torque figures.

A diesel engine is simultaneously incredibly simple and incredibly violent, using compression as a means of ignition. This is because of the properties of diesel fuel: Namely, diesel is less volatile ...

Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

The U.S. EPA announced the recipients of nearly $125 million for its Diesel Emissions Reduction Act National Grants Program. Municipalities, tribes, and other organizations received anywhere from ...

You own a diesel-powered vehicle and are thinking of giving it a tuneup. But does your diesel even have spark plugs to change? The short answer is no, diesel engines do not have spark plugs. Instead, ...

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I love a big diesel engine as much as anybody, but they aren’t always practical. While I’d love to own a V16 two-stroke Detroit or whatever else, there’s no way I could actually use one—I just don’t ...