Spark Plug range

Mark Hallam, NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Ltd Marketing Manager, said:

“Our distributors and their garage customers can be safe in the knowledge that they are selecting a brand that is the UK aftermarket’s number one fitment glow plug range and one which will help drivers of diesel vehicles cope with the cold weather conditions that are expected to affect the country over the next few weeks.”

NGK has been developing engine pre-heating technology since the early 1960s and the inbuilt advanced technology ensures that automotive engineers can get the most out of their engine designs and help them meet the increasing emission targets necessary to improve the environment.

Diesel has undergone a huge amount of change over recent years. Although technology has moved on, the glow plug is essentially doing the same job that it always has done in raising the temperature inside the combustion chamber so that stable combustion can be achieved.

However, the demands placed on the glow plug have become extremely severe and the performance that is expected is significantly higher than in the past. The technologies that have evolved have been a direct response to those demands and the point is being reached where manufacturers are trying to get the temperatures up in the combustion chamber so quickly that there is no discernible delay between putting the key in the ignition and actually starting the engine with little or no smoke emission - even at extremely low ambient temperatures.