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    A glow plug engine, or glow engine, is a type of small internal combustion engine typically used in model aircraft, model cars and similar applications...
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    applied to the glow plug, the engine is then started, and the voltage is removed. The burning of the fuel/air mixture in a glow-plug model engine, which requires...
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    maximal fuel efficiency.[citation needed] Coso artifact Glow plug (diesel engine) Glow plug (model engine) Hot-tube ignitor List of auto parts Ninja rocks The...
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  • compression ignition model engine Glow plug (model engine) Model steam engine, for models of stationary steam engines Model Engine, an alternative rock...
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  • Glow fuel is a fuel source used in model engines – generally the same or similar fuels can be used in model airplanes, helicopters, cars and boats. Glow...
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  • of a glow plug – hence the older term "glow" engine which has a coil of platinum-containing wire alloy, usually platinum–iridium. The glow plug is heated...
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    connection to the engine oil circulation and the fuel lift pump is mounted on the side of the injection pump. Preheating is by glow plugs with automatic...
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    The crankshaft itself may form one of the members, as in most glow-plug model engines. In another version, the crank disc is arranged to be a close-clearance...
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    engines with the "FS-60" 10 cm3 displacement exposed valve gear engine, and has been one of the top producers of four-stroke glow-plug-ignition model...
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    pickup models but were less widespread. Dropping Glow Plugs and Catastrophic Engine Failure. Some early production 6.7L Power Stroke engines experienced...
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    propulsion, usually model aircraft but also model boats. These are quite similar to the typical glow-plug engine that runs on a mixture of methanol-based...
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    directly onto glow plugs, providing faster, better-quality starts and more complete cold-start combustion for reduced emissions Improved glow plugs heat up...
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    OM612 engines. The three engines have the same basic design and share components such as the pistons, fuel injectors, and glow plugs. The OM613 engine features...
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    Distributor (redirect from Plug-top coil)
    older spark-ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to route electricity from the ignition coil to each spark plug at the correct time. A...
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    manned aircraft. For larger and heavier models, the most popular powerplant is the glow plug engine. Glow engines are fueled by a mixture of slow burning...
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    (see below.) Glow plug engines have an ignition device that possesses a platinum wire coil in the glow plug, that catalytically glows in the presence of...
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    technologies. New features of EFD engines include: Direct injection Common rail with a pressure of 1,600 bars (23,210 psi) Glow plug Variable geometry turbocharger...
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    Trademark The Cox .049 Engine is a 2-stroke internal combustion glow plug engine. These engines use an electrically heated glow plug to ignite the fuel/air...
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    different combustion chamber as they use direct injection. Preheating is by glow plugs with automatic control of preheating time. https://www.hotcars...
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    very simple "glow" and "diesel" engines. Glow engines use glow plugs. "Diesel" model airplane engines have variable compression ratios. Both types depend...
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    batteries before a journey. Plug-in electric cars have several benefits compared to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. All-electric vehicles...
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    organizations. Model aircraft typically use nitro engines (also known as "glow engines" due to the use of a glow plug) powered by glow fuel, a mixture...
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    does not have to rely on glow plugs. The Cummins is a straight-six engine, whereas the GM and Ford diesel engines are V8 engines. Additionally, the Cummins...
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    economy improvement by placing a glow plug at the leading edge and using reed valves in intake ducts. In two-stroke engines, metal reeds last around 15,000 km...
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    American engines. Engines were equipped with series wired loop type glow plugs up until 1980 when replaced by the much more reliable pencil type plugs (these...
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    Unlike earlier diesel engines the B-series Cummins used direct injection and did not need glow plugs for cold starting. The engine was first manufactured...
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    BMW M5 (section Engine)
    and since 2024. The first M5 model was hand-built beginning in late 1984 on the E28 535i chassis with a modified engine from the M1 that made it the fastest...
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    compression ratio of 17.5:1, a new turbocharger, and ceramic glow plugs for improved engine starts. 2003–2006 W211 E200 CDI 2003–2007 W203 C200 CDI 2003–2010...
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  • started by the spark plug some 10 to 40 crankshaft degrees prior to top dead center (TDC), depending on many factors including engine speed and load. This...
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  • negate this inefficiency. Glow plugs are needed for a cold engine start on diesel engines; many indirect injection diesel engines cannot start at all in...
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