240 General: - fuel consumption - Page 3

JCL · Nov 18th, 2010, 13:33

MY 1989 2.0i delivers 25mpg on normal premium unleaded and 30mpg on higher quality fuels, therefore, well worth the additional few pence per litre. I must add that to achieve those quite satisfactory figures I have to drive her as if there is a raw egg sitting between my foot and the pedal!

chesters6 · Nov 18th, 2010, 15:18

after feeding my carb version i cant afford eggs to put under my foot

i#v never noticed any difference in 95 or 98 ron fuel even in a honda 90 where having just the one cylinder it should be very noticable

wooble · Nov 18th, 2010, 18:18

depends on compression, 'E' are designed for 98, and run all the better on it, whereas the 'F' engines run fine on 95 and you don't really notice any difference.

I've never yet broken 30mpg with my B200F, the problem with the 2 litre engines is you have to wind them out all the way up the rev range to actually go anywhere!

Mike_Brace · Nov 18th, 2010, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rustee

Wonder what mpg I would get on LPG?

Rusty.

These engines do not return good mpg on lpg - I reckon averages out about 20mpg but at about half the cost of petrol so 38mpg equivalent already quoted seems realistic.

Mike

Pretty240 · Dec 9th, 2010, 16:10

Late response but I got around 18mpg in my 264 if I was very carefull up to the dizzy hights of 32.4 after the ECU conversion. I'll let you know about the 265 in a bit.

volvo always · Dec 9th, 2010, 16:54

On my 1989 2.3l 240 GLT automatic estate I seem to get 100 miles to 20 euros worth of unleaded 95. Don't know what this works out MPG wise but I find it reasonable. This is mostly rural trips with a bit of small town driving. Don't know if this is good or not!

James

tannachyallen · Dec 19th, 2010, 10:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty240

Late response but I got around 18mpg in my 264 if I was very carefull up to the dizzy hights of 32.4 after the ECU conversion. I'll let you know about the 265 in a bit.

ecu conversion?? That sounds interesting. Tell me more....................

Clifford Pope · Dec 19th, 2010, 11:01

I averaged about 32 mpg with my B200F, 35 on a long run.

I'm not sure what my B230F does on petrol, as I mostly run on LPG at 27 mpg, so probably about the same on petrol as the B200F.

Nov 18th, 2010, 15:18	#22
chesters6 Master Member Last Online: Oct 17th, 2012 16:14 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farnham View Photos By: chesters6	after feeding my carb version i cant afford eggs to put under my foot i#v never noticed any difference in 95 or 98 ron fuel even in a honda 90 where having just the one cylinder it should be very noticable Last edited by chesters6; Nov 18th, 2010 at 15:22.

Nov 18th, 2010, 13:33	#21
JCL Senior Member Last Online: Jun 15th, 2020 18:33 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sunny Bangor! View Photos By: JCL	MY 1989 2.0i delivers 25mpg on normal premium unleaded and 30mpg on higher quality fuels, therefore, well worth the additional few pence per litre. I must add that to achieve those quite satisfactory figures I have to drive her as if there is a raw egg sitting between my foot and the pedal!

Nov 18th, 2010, 18:18	#23
wooble Stay gold baby! Last Online: Jul 24th, 2022 16:15 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bristol	depends on compression, 'E' are designed for 98, and run all the better on it, whereas the 'F' engines run fine on 95 and you don't really notice any difference. I've never yet broken 30mpg with my B200F, the problem with the 2 litre engines is you have to wind them out all the way up the rev range to actually go anywhere!

Dec 9th, 2010, 16:10	#25
Pretty240 Member Last Online: May 13th, 2015 23:45 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: East Cowes	Late response but I got around 18mpg in my 264 if I was very carefull up to the dizzy hights of 32.4 after the ECU conversion. I'll let you know about the 265 in a bit.

Dec 9th, 2010, 16:54	#26
volvo always Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 20:44 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midlands.	On my 1989 2.3l 240 GLT automatic estate I seem to get 100 miles to 20 euros worth of unleaded 95. Don't know what this works out MPG wise but I find it reasonable. This is mostly rural trips with a bit of small town driving. Don't know if this is good or not! James

Dec 19th, 2010, 11:01	#28
Clifford Pope Not an expert but ... Last Online: Yesterday 07:00 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Boncath	I averaged about 32 mpg with my B200F, 35 on a long run. I'm not sure what my B230F does on petrol, as I mostly run on LPG at 27 mpg, so probably about the same on petrol as the B200F.

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