850 wagon gas mileage

That doesn't sound very good. I presume you're talking about US gallons. But

I would get it thoroughly checked over.

Like the man said, 'Nobody ever bought a Volvo for the fuel economy'.

cheers, :-)

Henry

Our UK imperial S70 2.5 gets 32mpg or so *average*... Tim..

Our V70 non-turbo gets around 33 to 35 mpg on the highway, about 25 in straight city driving.

Tim.. wrote:

You should get at least low to mid 20s around town, something is wrong.

I get 24-25 mpg with general all around driving on both a '93 and '95

A bad O2 sensor can cause poor gas mileage and the strong smell of an over rich mixture.

A bad flame trap shouldn't affect gas mileage much, but it would cause crank case fumes to be released rather than burned causing a bad odor. It also increases oil consumption.

Where is my flame trap (V70) and how can I check it? I am using about

Thanks.

Stephen Henn>

My V70XC gets about that.

Before that, my 240s used to get 12-14mpg.

So I look at it as an improvement!

And what was wrong with them? ;)

I get about double that, even on my petrol-hungry '90 245 with B230F and AW-70... mostly on highway, naturally, but 12--14 sounds a lot even in town.

Go to:

All Words: V70 Flame Trap Group: alt.autos.volvo

Set to: 100 messages

and then click "Gougle Search"

You will find many discussions on where it is and what to do.

I got that low in my 240 once, it was the few days after I first cranked the turbo boost up to 17 psi and was flooring it practically every chance I had. Driving more reasonably I get close to 20mpg mixed even with the old mechanical injection and turbo. A standard 240 will get mid to high 20s if everything is in good order.

They are by about 300 lbs, they also have a slightly lower coefficient of drag. My mom has a 245 with a manual gearbox and it occasionally manages a hair over 30 mpg if it's all on the highway.

Is that with manual or automatic transmission?

There's some kind of reference here:

Actually I think that this 23--24 mpg I'm getting on mine is so bad that I'm even considering to have the engine and the transmission replaced with a VW diesel and an M-47. ;-( At least the gearbox. There could be something wrong with the autobox, I guess... it's (I think it's the gearbox!) making hissing noises occasionally but still switches nicely. Oil is okay.

It would be helpful in this discussion if respondents specified which type of gallon they are referring to - since an Imperial gallon is more than 20% greater than a US gallon, and makes quite a difference to the mpg figures!

Only then can we be sure that we are comparing apples with apples.