Spark plugs help you start gasoline engines and glow plugs do the same in diesel engines. But how do they go about providing that boost? And how do they differ?

If one breaks the head will have to come off and the plug will have to be machined out at huge expense. So first ask yourself if the job is really necessary. The fault might not be the glowplugs.

Some units of the 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck motivated by the 3.0L LM2 turbo-diesel Duramax engine may have a faulty cylinder 2 glow plug that can cause issues, according to a special coverage ...

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 ...

Designed to be combined with a high-tension magneto ignition system, the spark plug solved what Carl Benz had described as ‘the most fundamental obstacle to early motoring’. Over a century later, the ...