• It could be a simple spark plug change or a list of repairs, many of which might be unnecessary.

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  • Justin's only answer is to blow twin plumes of blue smoke through his nostrils like a gay dragon missing a spark plug.

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  • Although there have been refinements since then, the basic technology of the spark plug has remained the same for almost 110 years.

    FORBES: Replacing Spark Plugs With Lasers For A More Fuel-Efficient Car

  • It acts like a giant spark plug, busting apart a tiny portion of the diesel fuel with an electric charge so that the molecules rearrange themselves into carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

    FORBES: Clearing the Air

  • Far from being a spark plug for crowd trouble, I believe anthems, whether booed or sung with lung-busting gusto, add to the atmosphere of the game and put fire in players' bellies.

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  • The fast-ignition technique is more like a petrol engine: first the fuel is compressed and only then is it ignited by a second laser pulse acting as a spark plug that is fired through a hole in the pellet.

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  • For the first quarter-century of the microprocessor's life, most integrated-circuit packages were fairly predictable hunks of ceramics, bought largely from one of four Japanese firms: Kyocera (its name is a combination of the words Kyoto and ceramics), NGK Spark Plug, Shinko Electronic Industries and Sumitomo Metal Electronics Devices.

    FORBES: It's all in the packaging

  • For the first quarter-century of the microprocessor's life, most integrated-circuit packages were fairly predictable hunks of ceramics, largely bought from one of four Japanese firms: Kyocera (its name is a combination of the words Kyoto and ceramics), NGK Spark Plug, Shinko Electronic Industries and Sumitomo Metal Electronics Devices.

    FORBES: It's all in the packaging

  • Red Bull did not test the constructors' championship-winning RB6 in the first winter testing session of 2010 and suffered early-season problems when Sebastian Vettel lost the lead at the Bahrain Grand Prix because of a spark plug problem, finishing fourth as a result, before retiring in the following race in Australia with a wheel problem.

    BBC: McLaren deny missing winter testing session is risky

  • By giving people the tools to turn 3d creations into real things, Pettis has created a spark-plug for the 3d world.

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  • These include the plug-in Volt and the Cruze, Spark, Aveo and Malibu from Chevrolet, along with two smaller Buicks.

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  • With the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet accounts for more than 50 percent of all plug-in electric vehicle sales in the United States and Spark EV builds on Chevrolet's proven electric motor and battery development programs.

    ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge

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