Most small internal-combustion engines commonly used in the model-building world use glow plugs for starting. Unfortunately, glow plugs have an operating voltage of 1.5 V, while fuel pumps, starter ...

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 ...

The popularity of diesel engines in passenger cars continues to fuel a number of innovations in the glow plug sector, writes Matthew Beecham. The main influences on the design of glow plugs centre on ...

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 ...