V50 Engine 2.0D : V50 fuel consumption and tank size!

[hitby]

My 2005 2.0D SE is doing about 51mpg average. That's a 90mile a day return commute, mixture of A road (65-85mph) and sat in traffic. I give it the odd blast as well where safety allows. If I don't exceed 65 then over a couple of weeks I get 57mpg (but also want to kill myself out of boredom It's running on the 17" Silverstones if it makes any difference.

[Clan]

Thats a good one :-) The very most i could get out of one was 48 mpg over 4 days and 800 miles going back and forth to the midlands driving with economy in mind and trying not to use too much turbo boost , changing up early etc ...

You could get your consumption from a V70 D5 makes you wonder whats the point of a smaller volvo that uses the same or more fuel than a V70 . or is it the V 70 which is exceptional? :-)

[hitby]

I have no need for a bigger car Prefer the 'chuckability' that my S40 has. Out of interest, mine's an SE and its got the Strut Brace under the bonnet. Is this right, I thought it was only on the sport?

[Clan]

The "Strut-Brace" came after a certain date on most versions, all 2.0D . The current model year is starting to have it integrated into the structure on LHD models so they will seem to be missing again now . I dont think they are there to stop shell flex but to damp out booming noise ...

[TimBayeux]

For more comparison data you can look here (but numbers are litres fuel per 100km (62.5 miles)...
http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overvi...95&power_e=110

[Vulvo]

Ok, I have done quite some research into the fuel economy issues described in this thread.
I have a 55 plate V50 2.0 diesel, SE Sport (61,000 miles on the clock).
I also have a 05 plate Audi A4 Avant, 2.0 TDi diesel SE MULTITRONIC Automatic. (109,000 miles on the clock)

I drove very carefully to our friends in Bournemouth and back in both cars. The round trip is approx 160 miles. We averaged 75 mph on the motorway, which represents about 85% of the journey.
The Audi averaged 50mpg
The Volvo average 41mpg

The facts clearly speak for themselves. The Audi is significantly more economical than the Volvo in the same driving conditions.

Investigation suggests the diesel emissions filter system (the particulates filter) in the exhaust may affect the economy significantly. This might explain the varying results experienced by different owners in this forum.

I wonder if this filter can be removed without significantly increasing the emissions of the car. Whilst the emissions might go up, the amount of fuel used goes down, so damage to the environment remains at 'just a lot', rather than catastrophic.

I hope this little survey helps. I did do it quite carefully and did the journey in both cars twice, and the results were the same on both occasions.

Regards

[Clan]

How many kg does each car weigh?? which is the lightest and which is the most aerodynamic?? Aerodynamics play a big part at over 70 mph as the new C30 DRIve shows .

[Vulvo]

Excellent question.

The Audi A4 Avant weighs in at 1530kg
The Volvo V50 weighs in at 1404kg

So, the Volvo is lighter, and probably 'more slippy'.

Plus, the journey to bournemouth and back twice included the same passengers too. My wife and I, plus 2 kids.

Given the power output from the engine is the same, I would have expected a similar economy figure. Not a variation of 20%. I have a friend who has the Ford Focus, and his economy is remarkable. I don't think the Ford has a diesel particulates filter in the exhaust system.

Regards

[Clan]

do the official consumption figures bear this out ??

[chrisdc]

Hi all, just bought a 2008 V50 2.0D Auto (6 speed Powershift). It had 95000km on the clock and its in beautiful condition. Only one problem. Best fuel consumption so far is 11.7km to the litre (28.5 mpg). This is with careful driving and a roughly 50/50 mix of town and freeway driving. Aircon (climate control set to auto) is on all the time. No junk in the car and usually just driver and one passenger. Just filled up for the second time - consumption calculated the old fashioned way - full tank, reset trip counter, full tank, divide km travelled by litres required to fill tank again. Interestingly have twice had the "Diesel particulate filter full" message which the owners manual says can happen between 300 and 700km travelled. The message clears itself and the car seems to run normally. Car has also just had service at a Volvo dealership. Was due at 100,000km but message "Book service" appeared at 96000km followed about 5 days later by another "Service due" message. I had already booked the service by then and it turns out the second message was generated because "engine oil had deteriorated" (in only 6000km?). Apart from a faulty dead-lock on one of the rear doors, no other problems were found. Reading this thread seems to suggest the 40mpg would be considered bad(ish). How i wish i could this experience this badness for myself. 28.5mpg is the worst consumption i have seen anywhere on any forum for this engine. There must be something wrong. But what? Any ideas anyone? By the way, the car has a full service history with Volvo and seems to have been meticulously maintained with services every 10,000km more or less on the dot. Its still covered by the 5 year 100,000km maintenance plan.