Freelander td4 starting issue

Hi guys.

Owned about 4 td4 freelanders over the years. Not sure why but I have a soft spot for them.

Wonder if anyone could help. The symptoms I'm having are....
Hard to start in the morning and randomly during the day sometimes on a slope.
Smelling bad as in you can smell a strong smell in traffic it's not diesel more like a strong hot fume smell.
If I on/off the key a few times it does start as in on/off before turning it over.
Sometimes the rev needle bounces up and down a small amount.
I'm thinking blocked fuel filter but that wouldnt explain the smell.

I've had a fault simular to this and it was the injectors.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Dave

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