Volvo B280F

6 discussions on MotorsForum about the Volvo B280F: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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90's Volvo Wagon Power

Hi all,Recent changes at home are precipitating a change in our vehicles: weneed to go to a wagon. Now I have a 1983 240 Turbo that I thought was pretty peppy. Then weadded a 760 GLE and I find it to be CONSIDERABLY more peppy. Insearching...

Death of my "new" 84 760 Turbo

It is with much sadness that I have to report the untimely death of mybeloved 1984 760 Turbo...An absolute idiot cut me and another car off last week, causing me tohit another vehicle and causing much damage to the front end of thisgreat...

Towing with a 1987 760 GLE? auto?

Hi all,According to the owner's manual, I can tow 3,300 lbs at 80km/h max with my 1987Volvo 760(B280F, 4spd Auto)I am planning to tow my race car on a small single axle trailer (the race carweighs 1500lbs, the trailer would weigh no more...

Strange coolant leak '87 760 GLE

Hi all,1987 Volvo 760 GLE B280FWell, I have a strange coolant leak. I can't trace it exactly, I just ran thecar througha car wash and draining from the rocker panel on the driver's side (LHD) wasquite anamount of coolant dripping from the...

Intermittent Start Problem

I have a 1988 780 (v6) with the famous intermittent start problem. Ihave changed both the fuel injector relay and the radio suppressionrelay with no effect. The car usually starts right up in the morningbut once you drive it it has to sit...

What is the typical fuel mileage of a 760GLE (B280F?)

Hi all,I'm using around 12.5L/100km as far as fuel consumption on a 1987 Volvo 760 GLEwith aB280F. It's got high mileage, at 255K kms, so the engine is on it's way tobeing workedin ;).Basically, for 50Litres of fuel, I get 400km range (I'm...

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