Car spark plug firing

A close-up car spark plug firing. The spark plug is the trigger that causes the gasoline to burn at a specific time in the cars internal combustion engine. The spark plug fires and give the gas/air mixture the activation energy to start to burn. This is a critical component in the thermodynamic cycle of an internal combustion engine. A dirty or poorly adjusted spark plug will cause an engine to mis-fire, or fail to run.

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