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Originally Posted by Brandon002
Cars need 3 things to start..
Fuel
Spark
Air
I would assume it's not an air problem as it would be very hard to get an obstruction in the air intake. I would start by checking for fuel and spark. You can google plenty of different ways to test this at home.
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this is not a petrol engine, this is diesel, no spark needed as the diesel fuel self-ignites under high pressure (same principle in the low- vs high- octane gasoline - higher octane=less "flammable" fuel, so it does not self-ignite in high compression sports' engines, thus, no knocking. AKI - AntiKnockIndex)
if the battery is confirmed good (how old is the battery? has it been discharged and then recharged? has it been load tested?) then the natural course of action is the fuel supply...
your location is not clear, but in the Northern Hemisphere we are in winter now, and the old diesel fuel used to "jelly" in cold tempertures... not sure if this is your case or not... but, as always, you go from the simplest solution to your problem to more complex... then, the fuel pump - does it prime the fuel lines? fuel filter...