In a typical pressure-volume diagram for a diesel engine, we begin at atmospheric pressure (a) and begin compression of the inlet air to point (b). Here, based on injected fuel control, Rudolph Diesel ...

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, ...

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 ...

Three-cylinder diesel engines have not disappeared from the market, but they now occupy a narrower, more specialized corner of the powertrain world than they did a decade ago. They continue to be ...