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Update on 960 + Questions on maintenance

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mydamnvolvo
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Update on 960 + Questions on maintenance

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So, Hello again!
Unfortunately I bring bad news. My 960, that my husband was driving and the first volvo I ever owned it sitting in a junkyard off I-95 in New Jersey. And of course it was right in between my NY and PA homes, so go figure it was the same price to tow it in both directions. So I was driving home from PA back to NY when I got off to get gas. Had just been getting close to 500mi/tank too, when I was sitting at a light, and the car didn't want to accelerate. It finally got going and I just thought it was a bad stutter like it always had, so I shut it off, filled it up and when I went to start it again, it spun too fast. I pushed it away from the pump and looked under the hood. Timing belt in shreds. Funny, I was going to replace it when I got home. It had been done twice. at 77k miles, 135k miles and I was about to do it again at about 188k miles. I thought 50k miles is more than reasonable for a car I had had no real problems with at all. I'll certainly miss it, but did I wait too long to do it? The whole kit replaced every time too. Lucky for me I have 4 more volvos. :)


-Cynthia
Current:
00 V70 (Daily)
01 V70 (Trips)
94 300zx (High School Present)
01 V70 (Hub)
08 GranCher (Daught)
01 740iL
09 C40 (Son)
Former:
93 BMW 525i-Daugh's-Seized
02 Chrysler T & C-Kid Hauler-Fire
72 Buick GSX-Dad's-Corroded
76 Golf GTI-Mom's-Died
97 960-1st-Timing

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I’m sorry to hear of your loss. 500mi/tank, wow! That’s impressive. 98V70 driving a steady 70mph and I can only manage 330mi/tank.

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CEBirnley wrote: 04 Jan 2018, 12:32 I’m sorry to hear of your loss. 500mi/tank, wow! That’s impressive. 98V70 driving a steady 70mph and I can only manage 330mi/tank.
It is a 21 gallon tank, so I was getting about 23-24 miles to the gallon highway. Bought the car for the large tank, I do a lot of long distance!
Current:
00 V70 (Daily)
01 V70 (Trips)
94 300zx (High School Present)
01 V70 (Hub)
08 GranCher (Daught)
01 740iL
09 C40 (Son)
Former:
93 BMW 525i-Daugh's-Seized
02 Chrysler T & C-Kid Hauler-Fire
72 Buick GSX-Dad's-Corroded
76 Golf GTI-Mom's-Died
97 960-1st-Timing

CEBirnley
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Post by CEBirnley »

mydamnvolvo wrote: 04 Jan 2018, 12:40
CEBirnley wrote: 04 Jan 2018, 12:32 I’m sorry to hear of your loss. 500mi/tank, wow! That’s impressive. 98V70 driving a steady 70mph and I can only manage 330mi/tank.
It is a 21 gallon tank, so I was getting about 23-24 miles to the gallon highway. Bought the car for the large tank, I do a lot of long distance!
Ok...I was like WOW!!!!! That’s incredible!!!! Thank you for clarifying..,I was having MPG envy (well, Miles Per Tank envy).

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