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21/25 200 1991

posted by  hobbit on  Tue Feb 24 03:19 CST 2004
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1991, 244, 4-spd autotrans mostly highway/rural. I get 21 to 25 average depending on the highway content. In true Boston-type city traffic it goes down to 19. I have owned this auto from brand new, when it was new, I got consistantly in the high 20's with a career best of 32. Then the lower connecting rod bearings started knocking at 30K, still under warranty, Volvo rebuilt the engine, they said they used an experimental lightweight rod used for that year and they had to replace many of them for this reason. My mileage instantly went down to what it is now. At 170,000 engine has 225psi/cyl uses no oil. (Mobil 1) This is no fish story.

Steve M.
Billerica, MA

P.S. I have been told the knocking was not fatal, other bricksters who were beyond the warranty period just let it ride and had 200K at last I heard, and were still getting great mileage, Oh well.
Look in the archives under "engine knock"






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