Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ebay 308, thoughts

[Steve Cook - CTO (stevec]

I guess that's where my confusion comes in, since that's not an oil
consumption issue, but a compression/rings issue.

Oil consumption would be a symptom - not the problem.

Any PPI will show bad compression.

-steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Handa [mailto:dave [at] davehanda.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:07 PM
To: scook [at] gear21.com
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ebay 308, thoughts

Hi Steve!
The manual for my 78 308 GTS stated that oil consumption was "normal" up to
2 liters per 600 miles...not sure if the later ones stated this as well.

I bought my car with 15k miles and crashed it with 34k miles and it consumed
around 1 quart per 1500 miles typically...but as Lashdeep mentioned it
varied a bit based on driving style...might only get 1000 miles per quart
under more "spirited" driving...and more sedate cruising might extend it to
2,000 miles.

There was much talk (and internet posts) 1980 to 1982 308GTSi/GTBi having
problems with the rings thatcaused them to consume oil at a very rapid rate
(like 1quart per 150 miles or so).  At the time, many owners had rebuilds or
engine replacements under warranty.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Cook - CTO [mailto:stevec [at] cheatcodes.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:51 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ebay 308, thoughts

Howdy!

Could you point me to where I might find some of this documentation?  Mine
burns a bit of oil, but much less than suggested in the owner's manual.
Compression is great all around.  In fact it burns less than the 84 911 I
had which was also in good condition. I've talked to _many_ 308 owners and
none ever mentioned of this being an issue.

-steve
84 308 GTSi QV Euro


-----Original Message-----
From: cdatte [at] spawar.navy.mil [mailto:cdatte [at] spawar.navy.mil] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:41 AM
To: scook [at] gear21.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ebay 308, thoughts

the 308i's vs. the other 308 models are documented to be the worst 
oil burrners.  Apparently they had lots of warrenty issues.

At 10:12 AM 4/9/2007, clyde wrote:
>Most if not all cars burn oil and if you look at the specs for a 308 
>it can use a lot of oil according to the book
>
>Clyde
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: cdatte [at] spawar.navy.mil
>Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:53:51
>To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
>Cc:The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ebay 308, thoughts
>
>these versions have bad oil consumption problems, you'd have to be careful
>At 07:05 AM 4/6/2007, Edward wrote:
> >Sorry for some reason the link got cut off?
> >
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Ferrari-308-GTSi-QV-NEW-LEATHER-Up-to-d
a
> >te-serv_W0QQitemZ330106300243
> >
> >on 4/5/07 1:12 PM, ferrari308 [at] verizon.net wrote:
> >
> > > With some of the first time buyer stories I've been reading 
> lately my fever
> > > is getting the best of me.  Any thoughts good or bad for this 308 QV
on
> > > eBay.  What should be my purchase budget for this car.  Nothing in
Goggle
> > > about it :-) really, well other than the CarFax ad link.
> > >
> > > Edward
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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