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Oil, Tyre pressure & idle questions. 200 1982

posted by  Zvika on  Sun Jan 27 14:48 CST 2002
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Greetings,

I just bought a 1982 244 GL (B23E) with 220,000 Km.
Here are my questions:

1. Which oil is recommended for a 20 years old B23E which will mostly go for short city trips? I live in Melbourne which is coolish. The temp here can get to 35 to 40C in the summer (rare, and only for few days at a time), and 5 to 10C frequently in winter.

2. The psi recommendation in the Volvo owners manual is different from the recommendation on the tyre itself.
Volvo owners manual - 28 psi
Goodyear 195/65R14 (eagle ga plus) - 35 psi
Which should I use? (my common sence tends towards 35 psi)

3. The car has a rough idle, shaking on 900 revs. Someone told me that he thinks I have 1 or 2 misfiring spark plugs, by the noise the engine makes.
Could that be the reason for the shakes? Also, can that increase the fuel consumption?


Thanks,
Vic.






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