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Like any internal combustion engine, your Honda gets hot. Really hot. You might not be surprised to hear that its exhaust gas temperatures reach upwards of 1,500 degrees F, but did you know that ...

Exhaust gas temperature does not provide an accurate measurement but gives a good indication of heat in the cylinder during combustion, and is most commonly measured close to the head.

At low throttle, when the engine is loafing and combustion chamber temperatures are relatively low, the tip behaves like a hot plug because of its inherent design. (See Figure 3.) ...

If that weren't enough, the part of the spark plug projecting into the combustion chamber is exposed to the high-temperature chemical processes inside a cylinder bore. See All 13 Photos ...

Nitrogen oxides are formed in an engine when diesel fuel burns in the air of the combustion chamber. Air consists of 21 percent oxygen and 78 percent nitrogen. Diesel fuel reacts with oxygen ...

Direct injection to the rescue. When a conventional fuel injection systems squirt atomized fuel into the combustion chamber, it does so at a pressure of about 120 pounds psi (per square inch ...

Lucht has focused on using some of the recent—about 10 years old—developments in laser technology, which has enabled combustion temperature monitoring in a single laser shot at very high ...

As your accelerator is depressed, your engine’s throttle plate opens and allows air into the engine. When you release your accelerator, the throttle plate closes and prevents airflow from reaching the ...