What is good mileage on a 84 240?

My 240 which runs very good get a pretty consistent 20 mpg driving
around town with half of the miles being freeway miles. What should a 84
240 get or this what it is supposed to be.

By the way, it is an automatic and a 4 banger.

Dave

 

Mine is a 84 240 wagon and it gets about the same 20 mpg - has about 150K
original miles on it. It used to get around 24 mpg when it was newer and
before California switched to the new gas formulation a few years back.

 

That's about right, with highway only you should get 24-25 mpg with an
automatic or 25-31 mph with a manual depending on gearing, tire pressure,
speed, etc.

 

The car I am driving and fixing for a friend:

85 240 DL sedan (2.3L 230F with 3 speed auto trannie)

OK, after reading your posts, I don't feel so
bad... Today was the real test, it doesn't have an odometer by the way,
cable busted...

I entered all the places I drove into Microsoft
Street and Trips, to get a good idea of how many
KMs I drove. Total was 85kms, I filled up at the
beginning, and it took in 48 litres.

Drove the 85kms, only 25 of it on the highway,
and filled up again, it took just over 10 Litres
($9.00 canadian! holy highway robbery...)

That equates to:

8.5 km/Litre
11.76 Litres/100 Kms
19.97 US MPG
23.98 UK MPG

If you all with Volvo experience say this is
acceptable, then I will leave it be... I drive
a honda civic, so being more accustomed to
13-16 km/Litre, I was appalled at the mileage and
thought that something else was wrong with the
car.

Any comments would be appreciated.

t

 

Thus the aphorism: "nobody buys a Volvo for fuel economy."

Mike

 

We manage about 30 highway with the 4 speed automatic, and 24-27
overall,
with about 3/4 of the miles highway. But it takes real effort, and a
gentle
foot on the gas. I got 23 even when the O/D wasn't working...
(1988 240DL)
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I have an '85 245 GL and it usually uses ~ 10 litres/100 kms
in mixed city/hwy driving.

With new plugs, new air filter & fresh oil, fuel consumption drops to
just under 9 litres/100 kms (I think that I calculated 8.9 l/100 kms
but don't recall the exact numbers.)

I've always used ethanol in the vehicle.

 

An '85 should have LH JetTronic and should do a bit better than that, but
then again you said it has a 3 speed? I thought by then the automatics all
had overdrive? Perhaps that's not functioning?

Fix the odometer, a new cable is only about $30, that is if the speedo is
not working either it's the cable, otherwise there's a gear that breaks.

 

IT sound about right but at AU $1.08 a litre what you worried about .

 

I have kept book on all years for our 1985 245 GLT, 230E engine and
3+overdrive automatic. After 395000 kms, mean fuel consumption
is very close to 10km/litre. The driving has been mostly on highways
but living in town has given a lot of street kilometers also. I live
in Finland where we have rather cold winters, further rising the
consumption figures