NGK Ceramic Glow Plug - Ignition System Single Plug CX151

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1 x NGK Ceramic Glow Plug

NGK Glow Plugs

NGK Glow Plugs are at the forefront of technological innovations. NGK glow plugs maintain optimum starting capabilities and offer an excellent post-glow function,promoting clean combustion and lower toxic emissions. They are manufactured with state of the art techniques with dedication to quality, which leads to outstanding reliability.

Choose NGK Glow Plugs, and ignite with ease on a frosty start.

What is a glow plug?

Diesel engines, unlike petrol engines which rely on a spark to ignite the air-fuel mixture, function due to the auto-ignition of diesel fuel when subjected to high pressures. Under high pressure, the temperature of the diesel fuel increases to a point where the fuel self-combusts. In cold weather however, this temperature is not always achieved and glow plugs assist by heating the air-fuel mixture to assist in cold starting.

Put simply, glow plugs are small heaters.

Benefits of Ceramic Glow Plugs:

The combination of ceramic heating element and coating allows ceramic glow plugs to reach higher temperatures than metal sheathed-type glow plugs, thus enabling the engine to reach operating temperature particularly quickly, even at temperatures well below freezing.Due to the robust nature of the ceramic heating element and insulator, post-glow times of up to ten minutes can be employed. A further advantage of ceramic glow plugs is that the cross sectional area of the heating portion can be made much smaller.