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Oil, Tyre pressure & idle questions. 200 1982

posted by  Steve Abbott on  Mon Jan 28 13:58 CST 2002
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G'day Bob
Hope I don't sound like a smart-assed fathead here (well there's gotta be a first time!), but there's some differences between Aussie and US spec Volvos which make them a bit unique. Thought you might find this interesting.
Melbourne is renowned for its changeable weather "Don't like it? Come back in 5 minutes" sort of thing. A 40 deg day is a rare beast, but it does happen. Usually completely unexpectedly. Mostly its cold and wet. (Vic is gonna kill me!)
Aussie roads can be real crap. Lots of gravel secondaries, even some highways in the "outback". Big potholes, lots of corrugations. Tyre pressure are a balancing act between reasonable handling or losing your tooth fillings and blurred vision. Lots of folks prefer to go for "ride" rather than "handling and masochism" :)
Aussie emission laws didn't really tighten up until a few years after the US. All Volvos came with the CIS injection system til mid '84, when they introduced EFI. Platinum plugs don't appear to work too well here in older cars. No idea why, but I think its the fuel. It smells like wet dog. Last time I priced platinums, they were about $15Australian a hit. Erk.
Just thought I'd share the weirdne...er... "uniqueness" of our stuff with you.
Cheers
--
Steve. 242GT and a bunch more.






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