Are your car’s spark plugs causing an engine misfire? Perhaps you're changing them as part of your car's service? Haynes has all of the information you need...
Your car’s ignition system produces the sparks used to ignite the air/fuel mixture in a petrol engine (diesel engines don’t have an ignition system). Here’s how it works.
Spark plugs are fitted to petrol engines, and their job is to ignite the air/fuel mixture in the cylinders at the right part of the combustion cycle.
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