940 Diesel MPG?

[05XC90]

Bro is looking at 940 estate with the 6cylinder diesel.

Anyone know roughly what mpg to expect?

Cheers

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by 05XC90

Bro is looking at 940 estate with the 6cylinder diesel.

Anyone know roughly what mpg to expect?

Cheers

I know one guy on here (tofufi aka Jim) has a 740TD with the same engine, seem to recall he gets about 40-45mpg from his.

However, i've heard rumours from what are usually reliable sources that diesel is going up considerably next year and also the VED on diesel cars is going up. With that in mind, he'd probably be better off with a petrol 940 and if running costs are really important, convert it to LPG which is about half the price of petrol. Better for the planet and better for his pocket too!

[classicswede]

D24 usually does around 35-40MPG to make them cheap to run you need to be on veg oil

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by classicswede

D24 usually does around 35-40MPG to make them cheap to run you need to be on veg oil

.................. but then it smells like the chipper-van!

[martin calva]

Originally Posted by 05XC90

Bro is looking at 940 estate with the 6cylinder diesel.

Anyone know roughly what mpg to expect?

Cheers

My 940 diesel (2.4 litre, 6 cylinder) has averaged 35.7mpg since the first time I filled it in July 2005 until the most recent time I updated my consumption spreadsheet (14 december 2018). Total fillings in that period 395 fillings, 323801 km

Martin

[tofufi]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

I know one guy on here (tofufi aka Jim) has a 740TD with the same engine, seem to recall he gets about 40-45mpg from his.

However, i've heard rumours from what are usually reliable sources that diesel is going up considerably next year and also the VED on diesel cars is going up. With that in mind, he'd probably be better off with a petrol 940 and if running costs are really important, convert it to LPG which is about half the price of petrol. Better for the planet and better for his pocket too!

Pretty much this.

I've not got the exact figure to hand, but mine has done an average of approx 44mpg in the 30k+ miles I've done in the last 3 years. I'm disappointed these days if I don't get 45mpg.

My figure is based on brimming the tank every time and calculation across the whole 30k+ miles.

That said, it's only used for long runs sitting at 70mph on the cruise control on the motorway. Cold weather and air con use don't seem to make much difference to the figure.

If I sit with the lorries I can top 50mpg.

Round town I'd imagine the figure would be a bit lower, and I don't drive it hard. It's an m46 manual gearbox.

[jpliddy]

hi ive driven 220000 miles in my 940 TDI in 20 years around town i get about 32 max but at 65 to t0 70 mph on motorway it does say 41 mpg never seems to change much . so am i close to what it should be car has just passed 270000 miles now !

[05XC90]

Excellent! Cheers, he's been offered one that's been off the road for a year or so due to knackered rear calipers so buying as a short term project to have as a modern classic second car type of thing.

Is there anything else to look out for on these?

[Selby]

Originally Posted by 05XC90

Excellent! Cheers, he's been offered one that's been off the road for a year or so due to knackered rear calipers so buying as a short term project to have as a modern classic second car type of thing.

Is there anything else to look out for on these?

Cambelt isn’t as cheap to do as on volvos with volvo engines so might be worth checking if there is any history of it been done.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Selby

Cambelt isn’t as cheap to do as on volvos with volvo engines so might be worth checking if there is any history of it been done.

If it's been off the road for a year or more, the cam belt is virtually a necessity to change ASAP, possibly before even trying to fire it up.