Thanks for the welcome Bill I should be slightly outraged at the durham police remark, being from bishop auckland, but my guess is falls in to the "if it aint broke don't fix" category! I had thought about the glow plugs, any suggestion on a good independant mechanic up this way, as i'm ab...

Hi,

We've just bought an ex surrey police v40 diesel estate, and it doesnt like starting, engine just turns not trying to fire, then all of a sudden a couple of coughs fires and acts like nothing is wrong

any suggestions?

Dave