Ferrari Mailing List: Re: some F355 questions

[Dave Handa (dave]

Paul, no...on the 355 (and many other Ferraris) the engine is a dry sump
with a remote reservoir (usa model 308's are wet sump).  You measure the oil
from the reservoir at shut down.  If you wait too long, or when the engine
is cold, the reservoir will have drained back to the sump, and you will read
low or nothing on the stick, when in fact the engine is full.  If you go
ahead and add oil in this state, you will now have a greatly overfilled
sump.

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bennett [mailto:pbennett [at] macnet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:16 PM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] some F355 questions

>>The speedometer never goes back down to zero when the car is stopped - it
>stays at around 15 mph.  This makes me wonder if the reading is accurate
>when the car is moving.  Anyone else seen this or know of a fix (other than
>replacing the speedometer) - is the cable going bad?

I've had American cars where the needle had stop pin at 10mph.  No mechanic
could offer an explaination.  Guess that's for making 'Boston' smooth stops.


On the oil issue, we went through this 5+ years ago and from numbers 308
owners submitted, I webbed this graph.
http://www.sites.onlinemac.com/pbennett/oillevel.gif
It's only purpose is to indicate the wild swings at turnoff.  




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