What MPG should I be getting 2.4 volvo s70 auto

What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4
automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying
22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a
bit low?

 

UK or US mpg?

If US, sounds about right, a touch on the low side perhaps.

Tim.

 

It's about right given the fact that temperature, altitude, driving
habits and driving situation all have a big impact on mpg.

 

In

I used to get around 24 mpg in normal mixed use from a V70 2.4 LPTurbo
estate, my 2.5 20v (same engine) Renault Safrane would do anywhere between
17 and 37 mpg...


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Ok, I admit it, I like Renault 5s.

 

Since its a UK car I presume its UK mpg? Is 22.5 low? Seems like its
due a service , could this have an impact on it? Surely if its due a
service you would think they would have designed it to stay lit all
the time? I have been mistakenly thinking it just satyed on for the
first 2 mins as some kind of test thing.

How much should a service cost for one of these?

 

Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that
differes to US mpg?

 

US gallons are smaller..

 

Depends on the mileage and what needs doing!!! (cue how long is a piece of
string)

Tim.

 

Our 97 S70 2.4 10v manual is averaging around 31mpg in mixed driving,
checked with pen n paper,- the computer is about 1mpg optimistic.

It will do around 35mpg on a steady motorway run.

Tim..

 

This is a 20v version, not sure if that makes much difference. For the
servicing I was just after a rough figure for the standard A, B, C
type service schedule C being a major service. Is there a service
checklist for these cars online anywhere? The kind of tick box
checklist you get when you get a car serviced by the main dealer.

 

I thought everything in the US was bigger ! ;-)

Andy

 

No idea, but that was about tops for my 740 2 litre estate auto 3 speed
with overdrive and no lock up. I reckon you should be getting a bit better
than that.

 

Its definately heavy. Have an exhaust emissions test done. Sounds like it
could be running open loop.

Tim..

 

No. Everything in TEXAS is bigger.

Chuck Fiedler
Nothing but Volvo since 1974
(Born in Texas -- returned in 1981)

 

On our 2000 S70 2.4 with a T5 (high pressure) turbo, we typically got 30-31
MPG highway and around 24MPG in town, 2 people in the car, with about 26 MPG
in mixed usage. Since the turbo usually kicked in in stop-and-go traffic
(rather than highway which was usually just coasting), I'd think you'd get
better than that in mixed conditions without a turbo. Overall, 22.5 seems
kinda low.

 

Its all down to the pint!

A US pint of water is a piddling 16 ounces, whereas a good old UK pint is 20
ounces!

They even get short changed on a pint of beer!

 

Except it's served in another capacity unit...

 

A UK pint is bigger than a US pint; yes, of course. But that's only
because -- as you note -- it has four more ounces! Each of those puny UK
fluid ounces is _smaller_ than a US fluid ounce, so a UK pint needs to
have 'extra' ounces! Ha ha

The UK fl. oz. is equal to a measly 2.8413 centilitres, while the US fl.
oz. is a robust 2.9574 cl.

cheers,

Henry

 

I thought everything in the US was bigger ! ;-)

Yes - including Prisons, remand centres, and various other places

Nick

 

I still have the Volvo card provided with the handbook, which has the
mpg figures for all the range. The figures for the 2.4 20v NA model with
auto are:

18.0mpg Urban (Cold)
35.8mpg Extra Urban
26.2mpg Combined

The 10v version is about the same, just slightly worse at speed and
slightly better urban. I know these figures aren't especially
optimistic, because my T5 manual averages 26 doing runs that are mixed
but mostly urban, whereas the combined figure quoted on the card for it
is 25.

Of course, these figures only apply to the 1997 model year, which means
cars built with the old Motronic 4.4 fuel system. Later models had ME7,
which includes distributorless ignition via separate coils and a fly-by-
wire throttle. Therefore, newer ones may be slightly more efficient.

In short, the OPs 22.5 does seem rather low, assuming that he is doing
genuinely mixed driving.


Stu