NO a diesel starter has to have internal planetary gearing due to the sheer power the motor needs to overcome the compression of a diesel engine at 20 to 1 where a car may be 8 to 1 max
wirecutterman
February 2010
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Peugeot can i use a 1997 petrol 406 starter motor on a diesel?
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