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Small but nice success story- went from 20m/g to 25m/g

posted by  keithostertag on  Tue Jan 17 11:56 CST 2012
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Just an update and small success story. I had always thought 20m/g was normal for my 240 until someone mentioned on the BB to me that 25miles/gal was common. I had been driving my Volvo for 5 years and didn't think much about it. In fact, a few months ago I drove to FL and back (3000 miles) and got just under 20m/g. Then I decided to learn a little about my Volvo, joined this BB, and a bunch of you helped me through things like replacing the flametrap, oil separator, cleaning the TB, new manifold gasket, and finally I replaced the O2 sensor. Today was my first fillup since that work was done and I am so pleased to see that I am now getting a little better than 25 miles/gallon! Almost entirely city miles. And no more check-engine light.

Thanks again to you all. Thanks also to my friend Olson Sutherland for his help and encouragement.

Lots of other work to do, but this feels good.

Keith Ostertag
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1991 240 Sedan B230F LH3.1 300K miles






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