You say your injectors are not"that worn"... When I had the head off of my d24 after only about 100k miles

I brought all the injectors in to a fuel injection specialist for only an ispection,

and they told me all the injectors were bad and that

they would eventually ruin the engine. I was really pissed cause I thought they were stiffing me. In retrospect

I think they were right. They argued that in passenger cars injector life is much shorter than in big rigs, and

they should be routinely replaced every 70k miles to maximize engine life. They even showed me a new

injector vs the ones I brought in and a visible crater in the used injectors still didn't convince me at the time.

Fact is, the injectors do work alright, but I have the same cold start symptoms you describe and it is

getting progressively worse (yes, I just threw the old injectors back in!)

If I had a diesel that I wanted for as long as possible I would keep new injectors running in it. If your

car has been running awhile on working injectors with poor spray pattern it is very likely that you

are gradually loosing compression (particularly if the injectors have over 100k of service). D24 engines

are notorious for excessive cylinder bore wear. (There was alot of discussion about this on the

swedish bricks board in early 90's; some of this can still be found there under FAQ)

I decided to just run this damn thing until it dies, then convert it to gas. What I love about the D24

models is _they don't rust_ (I live in Maine)! I've got one converted, but it's still waiting for completion.

The other one I talked about above is still rattling.