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05-15-2013, 10:12 PM
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I can do about 30 miles after hitting the bottom stop if I drive conservatively, and she needs a bit of a smack to wake up in the morning.
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05-16-2013, 04:16 PM
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Manual must be wrong: 15.8gal is the spec I have for my '86 wagon, and IIRC true for the '85's as well. http://new.volvocars.com/ownersdocs/...gle_wagon.html
Later wagons had bigger tanks, 19.xx gallons I think. I had a '93 960 wagon one time that was in that ballpark. Later sedans with IRS had a different tank molded to fit around the different rear end that might have been larger too, but I don't think it was over 20gal. The only thing that *does* have 21-gallon capacity is an early (1983-1984.5) 760 TD sedan, which have a second auxiliary long-range fuel tank mounted above the rear axle just behind the rear seat back, which fills through the regular filler neck and acts as a transparent extension of the regular under-floor tank.... this eliminates the pass-thru on those cars but affords 21 gallons of capacity. Maybe you're somehow reading that figure instead of the correct one. One time a few years ago I drove my 1983 764 TD from Seattle to San Francisco and back for a long weekend. I filled the tank before leaving Seattle, then only filled up twice while on the road, averaging about 31.5 mpg during the trip. That 600+ mile range is nice on long trips.  Even the wagon with its 15.8gal tank does 400 miles easily, though -- no major hardship, really....
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05-17-2013, 08:28 AM
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I'll get this sorted out this weekend. I've probably got the 15.8 gallon tank as shown on the volvocars.com site.
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05-17-2013, 11:58 AM
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Come on guys, those tanks are Metric, 60L or 80L
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05-20-2013, 09:39 AM
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60 or 80 liters, got the answer
Good simple answer 745turbogreasel. I drained my tank using the philips head screw/bolt at the bottom of the tank and measured how much fuel it took to fill the tank. It was a little over 16 gallons. I do tend to overfill my tank. 60 liters equals 15.85 gallons and 80 liters equals 21.13 gallons.
The owners manual that stated the tank size is 21 gallons was not the original manual that came with the car so some of the 1985's must have had the 80 liter tank. ngoma's link to replacing the tank definitely shows the difference between the two tanks. I'm fine with 16 gallons for now. That will give me 480 miles at 30 mpg, or at least over 400 miles with a little fuel in reserve. My gauge is accurate. With the needle still inside the red portion of the gauge, just at the left edge of the red portion, there was still a little over 2 gallons of fuel in the tank.
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06-05-2013, 01:09 AM
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I was starting to feel very inadequate there, with everyone talking about 15.8 and 21 gallon tanks... the most I've every got in mine was about 12.5 gallons!!!
Then I realised your gallons were all wrong! 
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#7
06-05-2013, 03:52 PM
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