Ferrari Mailing List: Re: electrical short on '81 308 GTSi

[ricrain (ricrainbolt]

I'd bet $5 its the connector at the left side of the engine bay, near 
the coil assemblies. These two molex style connectors were the source 
of many of the GTSi's engine electrical problems, including a major recall.

RR


At 09:44 PM 7/8/2007, you wrote:
> Here is my new problem: Actually, it started last summer, but it was 
> barely noticeable, so I didn't pay too much attention to it. Every 
> time I hit a good bump, and there are A LOT of those in Montreal, I 
> sense a misfire. It's as if the engine cuts off for a millisecond. 
> The last 2 weeks have been terrible. I even drove over a road where 
> the old asphalt was taken off, you know before they put new asphalt 
> on, and the misfiring was just continuous for the whole 300 feet. It 
> was scary. My mechanic told me to start the engine and touch all the 
> wires I could touch. The problem is with a very hot engine, it's 
> very difficult to go deep in that engine bay. What do you think I 
> should look for ? Where ? Michel No virus found in this outgoing 
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