Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 512TR fuel line recall?

[Larry B (larrybard]

Dave,

Bingo!  Thanks so much.  For some reason the only recall I found elsewhere 
was for the seat belts (already taken care of on my car).

Larry

> From: "Dave Handa" <dave [at] davehanda.com>
> To: "'Larry B'" <larrybard [at] hotmail.com>
> CC: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] 512TR fuel line recall?
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:58:23 -0700
>
> Your quickest response would be to contact your local FNA dealer with your
> VIN.
>
> Also you can search here:
>
> http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry B [mailto:larrybard [at] hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:38 AM
> To: dave [at] davehanda.com
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] 512TR fuel line recall?
>
> Does anyone know about any such recall?  I was searching (and still am) for
> information about how to remove the center console to try and remove the 
> goo
>
> -- there is a potentially useful thread about goo removal (but apparently
> relying on corrosive chemicals such as oven cleaner) on Ferrarichat -- and
> read the following: "On vehicles with vehicle identification numbers 
> between
>
> 86815 and 98741 the metal fuel supply line banjo fittings may fracture if
> the nut attaching the lines to the fuel filter is tightened in excess of 
> the
>
> required torque. Should such a condition occur, the result would be leakage
> of the fuel from the fractured line.  That's the first I heard of it, and
> the link in the thread, supposedly to details, doesn't work.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry