Another great day,  removed the power steering belt. It took 3 trips to autozone to finnal get the right size  45 inch thin  V belt,  if Bugtech wants to Mod his Volvo.   I'm working on my arm muscle now.  Again, the Volvo seems peppy'er.  Only load is the water pump.. Maybe now I will reach  27mpg.  SC

The Pic is the lonely PS pump

Vw uses electric assist steering,  oh wait,  you don't have an alternator

Bugtech,  I like to double check how you calculate mpg. Is it like jethro math on the Beverly Hill Billies or with an adding machine  Sc

The proper way to figure mpg is convert

the you miliage to SmellyMiles  or Sm.
Remember how many morning trips you

take per tank.  record you average MPH

during the 1st 10 minutes of the trip.
You have to do this since   Volvo

speedometers dont work in the morning

because the are cold and sleepy.   You

have to wake them up by striking the  

the  dash while driving.  After about 9

minutes,  the Speedo starts working and

maybe even the Tach will come on. Don't

trust the tach though,  its cranky in

the morning and over reports rpms by

1300.  Fill up the tank, "Dont forget to  Check for leaks".
Record the gallons

pumped, take the odometer reading and

add  10 trips x 45mpg X 9 minutes/ 60

min per hour to determine   Smellymiles

or SM.  SCMPG = SM/gallons pumped.
  If  you want to increase your mpg.  Add
some gas from the lawn mower can
between fill ups.

  I usually just buy a 30 pack of bud at the gas station because who the heck knows what this POS's  MPG is.  SC

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