Reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with self ignition

摘要

In a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with self ignition a glow plug (3) projects obliquely into a combustion chamber (6). The glow plug (3) is arranged so that it is capable of rotating in the cylinder head (2) and projects into the combustion chamber (6) with a projection (5) formed by a chamfer (4). By a 180-degree rotation of the glow plug (3), the projection (5) is withdrawn from the combustion chamber (6) so that it no longer impedes the gas flow there. <IMAGE>