Living in the tropics might help!

No, just a characteristic of the engine. Worse on the 603 than others. My Volvo TD doesn't show this any where near as much, but it has a cold start timing advance, and driving hard cold tends to wear out the upper cylinder walls from excessive pressure from advanced timing if you routinely floor the engine cold.

Just don't pull out in front of a fast moving semi and expect to get away it driving a dead cold engine.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!