Not starting when pointing downhill

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Not starting when pointing downhill

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I'm working on secondhand info here so bear with me...

Woman and her mum have been out in her mum's camper, its a 1989 1.7 diesel. She's noticed that when it's pointing nose downhill that it takes a lot longer to start, then when it does there's plumes of white smoke.

She's said it's got half a tank of diesel in. Is this indicative of a missing one way valve or a blocked/ loose pipe? I haven't had chance to examine anything with breather pipes or the inner arch tanks yet.

My suggestion of carrying a trolley jack or some ramps everywhere was, however, not well received.

TIA!
Occasional user of 1990ish T3 diesel camper.

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