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Lots of things .. on a mechanical level

When the diesel starts a glow plug causes the ignition after the initial start the glow plug turns off and the engine relys on high compression to heat the charge to ignition point. If your engine has poor compression you won't have ignition. Poor compression would be caused by engine / valve wear, burnt valve seats.

Of course modern diesel engines are electronically controlled so it could be any number of other things. You can read out the fault codes from many cars by shorting pins on the service connector and counting flashes of a light on the dash.

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