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My wife drives a Suzuki Swift, so wondering exactly what is wrong with it?,?

Ha!😀 yeah - good old predictive text..... most Skodas should be blasted though - along with the Suzuki swift’s, Demeos,and the Kia police 👍 - buts another thread I think

who will collectively come up with 3 dozen different opinions, all opinions heavily qualified but of course recommending on-going expensive investigations......😄😄

Your diesel engine is governed - you set the RPM and the governor controls the fuel to match. Your fuel use at idle ("no load") without the alternator charging, represents some sort of base friction in the system - the amount of energy needed to keep the engine turning over. This "wasted" energy is probably proportional to engine speed. Double the engine speed in neutral, you could expect your fuel consumption to double. As you add load, the revs start to fall, the governor responds with more fuel, the revs rise back to the set level. As you remove load, the revs start to rise,

This was the information given to me by the Altex paint rep on scraping or sodablasting back to the gel coat: If the scrapping method of removal is chosen and once all of the old antifouling has been removed it will leave a shiney finish on the grey primer undercoat, this must be removed , and we recommend machine sanding with 80 grit dry paper. This will remove the shine and yield a coarse surface texture for the new paint system to adhere. · Once the sanding is complete, remove all of the sanding dust, a wipe over with a damp cloth that has been dampened with fresh clean wa