New glow plugs and all is well. Thanks for the help and advice.

I've just gone back to the paperwork for the service and you are right the 'spark plug' item has not been checked but underlined instead and 'diesel' highlighted. So they have clearly indicated they have not been checked or were not possible to check. Diesel engines are a bit of a mystery to me.

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Hi. Thanks for the reply. The reassurance is welcome.

It does seem to calm down a bit but still seems to be noisier (not sure if this is just the fact that I'm listening more attentively).

I'd love to have a go at replacing the parts myself but I'm too busy at work at the moment so I'll book it ...

Hi. This is my first post on the forum. We have recently purchased a 2.5 Diesel 4WD. All has been well until this morning. The engine sounded very rough on start up. It settled down a bit after a minute or two but when I checked the rear of the van the exhaust was chucking out a fair bit of black ...