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Offline travisyoung

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2012, 08:36:27 AM »
A friend of mine was talking about water injection to increase fuel milage

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2012, 08:58:10 AM »
A friend of mine was talking about water injection to increase fuel milage
Dang Travis, Don't give SC anymore Ideas. He'll have a 5 gal. water tank on top of the poor thing with a pump out of a old jug of "Round-Up" :o
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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 10:03:58 AM »
He'll have a 5 gal. water tank on top of the poor thing with a pump out of a old jug of "Round-Up" :o

You don't need a pump . . . you need an I.V. needle and tubing.  Not that I would ever try water injection on Homer or anything . . .     ;)

Offline Russ

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2012, 10:06:46 AM »
Even with a leaky injection pump, I'm still getting better mpg in my turbo diesel. And actually I should be getting my pump sealed up pretty soon here.

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2012, 10:23:52 AM »
A friend of mine was talking about water injection to increase fuel milage
Dang Travis, Don't give SC anymore Ideas. He'll have a 5 gal. water tank on top of the poor thing with a pump out of a old jug of "Round-Up" :o
I gotta keep the forums interesting, they seem to have picked up a little ,  but they are dragging

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2012, 06:18:04 PM »
I had a tuna jalapeno subway at walmart... Which was Great!!!. .  I was gonna just buy some more 4 buck garden edging for the Volvo. But  I  had a Stroke..... Of genius.  Today is the day!!!!.  Drove the POS..I mean Volvo... to the Autocenter. Bought a 60 buck marine battery.  Had Stanley the Battery changer guy, Unstick the old battery out while I used his  wrenches to take the altonator belt off.  Had to do some SC rigging since marine batteries all have the plus terminal  on the wrong side of the battery.  any way..  drove back to work.  got gas   drove back to Ringgold.  started 4 times. filled up the tank.. .. (cant find the numbers i wrote just yet to figure mpg)... went the 20 miles home.  Just showed off'ed  the Volvo to the UPS guy that delivered a box and he thought is was cool.  Not a bad day.  I Rock!...SC

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2012, 07:48:43 PM »
Rats    Mpg is 25... my OD is acting up. its shifting funny   I see a 40buck fix.  stay tuned

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2012, 09:01:32 PM »
Rats    Mpg is 25... my OD is acting up. its shifting funny   I see a 40buck fix.  stay tuned

You've got a lot of electrical draw on the car that you can't eliminate and still have it run including the fuel pump, the engine control module and the transmission control module just to name a few.

My suggestion would be to undo all you've done to the Volvo and return it to it's previous unmolested boxyness.  Then go buy a Fiesta.

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

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Offline travisyoung

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2012, 09:22:59 PM »
Vw used to send solar panels with new cars to keep the batteries charged during storage

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2012, 10:16:00 PM »
He'll have a 5 gal. water tank on top of the poor thing with a pump out of a old jug of "Round-Up" :o

You don't need a pump . . . you need an I.V. needle and tubing.  Not that I would ever try water injection on Homer or anything . . .     ;)
I thought Homer had water injection every time it rained. OOPS Sorry. It was the YUGO that  did that  ;D ;D

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« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2012, 10:48:51 PM »
OOPS Sorry. It was the YUGO that  did that  ;D ;D

Speaking of Yugos, I hear they are going to start making them again! The are almost identical to the originals, except they have a slightly longer wheelbase and 4 doors.

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2012, 10:50:34 PM »
 . . . and they are now called WE-GOs.

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2012, 10:51:25 PM »
And they are going to make a motorcycle . . . the I-GO.

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Re: Volvo 940 super mpg mobile

« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2012, 07:19:10 AM »
 . . . and they are going to have an otional mower deck . . . the YUMO

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