![]() ![]() Even ticking over, give it a boot and see if it blows out lots of black smoke before you decide to buy it. Get a nasty one and it will smoke like crazy, chances are, it won't pass the next MOT emissions test. The ONLY real thing to be careful of is to ensure that the car you want to buy has a good quality and working Catalytic Converter, not the cheap garbage ones that Fords have. Diesel fuel can be slightly dearer than petrol in some countries but with around 50% more MPG, diesel works out a lot cheaper in the long run. 150K miles is nothing to a diesel engine, it's only just run in properly by then. Diesel engines will go on forever unless they've been run hard at high revs a lot. It's also the reason why you can't bump start a diesel with a completely flat battery, no power to the solenoid to open the fuel valve. Once the engine is running, you can disconnect all the electrics and it will still keep running, a solenoid to shut off the fuel is used to stop the engine, it's the ONLY way. Glow plugs don't go as quickly as spark plugs though as they are only used to start the engine. Diesel cars have about the same maintenance as a petrol body wise.
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