Boxy, but good. 1989 Volvo 740
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About 300 miles done now, and at the last fill up the replacement engine returned just over 25mpg.
After a small coolant top up earlier in the week (must have been a small airlock come out) all the fluids are holding steady, and the torque converter hasn't made any more noise.
also passed this minor milestone on Wednesday:
![](https://i.postimg.cc/yY9QZWDj/IMG-20240627-WA0002.jpg)
Not that impressive, until you think that I have put 9% of the cars total mileage on it in the past 13 months.
After a small coolant top up earlier in the week (must have been a small airlock come out) all the fluids are holding steady, and the torque converter hasn't made any more noise.
also passed this minor milestone on Wednesday:
![](https://i.postimg.cc/yY9QZWDj/IMG-20240627-WA0002.jpg)
Not that impressive, until you think that I have put 9% of the cars total mileage on it in the past 13 months.
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