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 ...

Diesel-electric submarines have diesel engines as well as electric motors. The diesel engines only work while the sub is on ...

Modern internal combustion engines — including those that run on diesel fuel — require a lot of special parts and systems to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Cummins has announced an update to its B-Series engine platform. The OE unveiled its new Cummins B7.2 diesel engine at NTEA Work Truck Week in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Our B engine is a legend known ...

But the big reveal was the next generation of its more than 40-year-old B-Series power platform with a new 7.2-liter diesel engine for 2027—the same year that the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of Cummins Engine Plant 1 from the fifth floor of the newly renovated Cummins Technical Center in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The technical center was ...