Ford’s 2026 catalog may be filling up with hybrids and battery packs, but diesel power still anchors some of the brand’s hardest working vehicles. From three-quarter-ton pickups to medium-duty ...

Apart from the very curious, not many people ask why diesel engines, compared to gasoline, run higher compression ratios. The argument is reasonably straightforward and starts with fuel ...

Heavy duty diesel engines are designed for long hours and extreme loads, but even the toughest systems fail without early attention. Small symptoms, like changes in oil pressure or temperature, can ...

State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article ...

Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

Cummins has been planning to debut a diesel-powered version of the engine in its X15 fuel agnostic platform in early 2026, yet with changes to environmental regulations this year, the company is ...

When most people think of diesel engines, they think of toughness—iron-block workhorses that thrive under pressure, rarely break, and seem to last forever. And to a large extent, that reputation holds ...

The profound reliance on diesel engines for powering heavy machineries has been pretty evident. While the EV powertrains have been able to replace and power the consumer-based vehicles with ease. When ...

The highest torque diesel engines ever made have turned up in everything from small commercial vehicles to powerful locomotives to mining equipment and more.

Gasoline and diesel engines feature many differences aside from fuel type. Compared to gasoline engines, a diesel is typically a lower-revving, torquier design, hence why it's often preferred over ...