Originally Posted by luckys420

yup. i think an old car with compression that is not like new will be sluggish untill a little warmer. I f i start my car ('80 tdt) it is sluggish at first with a wide open throttle then takes off after it gets going ( i dont have an RPM guage) but after about a minute it works just fine. This has been my experience with all old diesel i ahve driven. we had a bunch of them at the pump company i usde to work at. we would always go out and start them up about a 30-45 minutes befor we left, if we had to move them around the yard they wer sluggish. My car even spits out wet exaust untill it gets hot, then its free and clear anddoesnt smoke at all. go figure.