Gasoline and diesel engines feature many differences aside from fuel type. Compared to gasoline engines, a diesel is ...

With every passing day the Mule provides opportunities beyond our original expectations. Since the 467ci engine belongs to HPP editor Tom DeMauro, it is at our beck and call. This affords HPP the ...

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 ...

As an engineering student in late 19th-century Bavaria, Rudolf Diesel found little promise in steam and internal combustion engines. The main issue, Diesel observed, was that the heat generated in the ...

You're driving a loaded diesel rig down a mountain pass, foot hovering over the brake pedal, heart racing. How do you slow 20,000 pounds safely without cooking your brakes? Cue the exhaust brake -– ...

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 ...

Regardless of whether it burns gasoline or diesel, your internal combustion engine works by igniting a mixture of fuel and air to create power. To do so effectively, it must reduce the detrimental ...