Difference between revisions of "Pre-ignition"

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Undesirable self-ignition of the mixture inside the cylinder of an engine before the occurrence of the spark. This may be due to excessive temperatures of parts of the surface of the combustion chamber or the exhaust valve head, or of carbon deposits within the chamber.

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

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