gasoline economy for an Volvo 240

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JJJ - 02 Jun 2004 12:06 GMT

Hi Does anyone know, how much a Volvo 240 st.car from the mid eighties
runs pr liter? More or less.

Yours sincerely

Jorgen JJ

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Martijn - 02 Jun 2004 12:23 GMT

Jorgen,

My 1981 240GL B21A (2.1 litre carburettor) runs 350 km's with a full tank. I
must say the CO is a bit on the high %.
(My 1973 144DL B20A automatic with new engine (with slightly larger valve's)
and "new" carburettor offers me almost 400Km's with a full tank.)

To be honnest with you, the mileage give me a headache every time I take
the trip to the gasstation, but then again I love it.
Prices over here in The Netherlands for gasoline are skyhigh since the US
tried to covert Iraq to whatever it will become.

Cheers,

Martijn

> Hi Does anyone know, how much a Volvo 240 st.car from the mid eighties
> runs pr liter? More or less.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Jorgen JJ

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Eunoia Eigensinn - 03 Jun 2004 00:12 GMT

Jorgen;

I have an 85 245 GL that gives me between 9 and 10 litres per 100 km, mixed
city and highway (but mostly highway) driving.

I've fed it ethanol for most of its life.

> Jorgen,
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bg4a - 05 Jun 2004 21:26 GMT

i used to track miles per gallon with every fill and kept the ledger for
years. with my 1981 240, i saw best mileage in the spring and fall, about
24 miles per gallon. during the summer and winter, i was lucky to get 20
miles per gallon. the car didn't have air conditioning. i never understood
the variation. may be differences in gasolene formulations thru the year,
or just what you should expect in the way cars run. don't know.

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