Hi all, I'm new here so please take it gentle with me if I do something wrong. OK so .... bought an 07 1.8 Mondeo about 3 weeks ago, and noticed straightaway that upon strarting the engine the revs would fly up to 3000 for a few seconds before dropping to 1.25k when driving the engine would...

I recently bought a secondhand 2004 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Manual Hatchback and having never previously owned a diesel car, I am slightly concerned I may be paranoid since I am noticing a few characterisitics or issues about the car that to me don't seem to be normal which are as follows: 1) When...