High temp ceramic glow plugs

30 July 2009  

rong>Three of the company’s NHTC (New High Temperature Ceramic) plugs are now available to the aftermarket for the first time.

/>The plugs currently installed exclusively as original equipment on Volkswagen, Mercedes and Mitsubishi vehicles. The concept behind the NHTC ceramic plugs is to use a long element with a small diameter and thus give faster warm-up times – reaching 1,000 degrees C in under two seconds. NGK says this helps reduce emissions and improve cold start

/>According to NGK, advances in technology mean the plugs can operate intermittently during engine running when, for example, the throttle is eased back. Higher stabilised temperatures of 1,350 degrees C improve starting from lower compression ratios and help reduce noise, engine stress and emissio