Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Looking for advice for 308 problem

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Don't want to be alarmist but my Mondial QV still ran
after stripping a cam belt - granted it was running on
only one bank...

rick

--- clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net wrote:

> What year is the car?
> How many milesav
> 
> Clyde
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> From: <georgedodson [at] comcast.net>
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> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:56:10 
> To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
> Cc:The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Looking for advice for 308
> problem
> 
> 
> I was driving my 81 308 GTSi on Saturday when
> disaster struck. I was coming down a long winding
> hill when I lost power. I was off the throttle at
> the time and the exhaust note changed completely. At
> the bottom of the hill I tried to restart, but no
> luck. While waiting for the tow I tried again and
> again. Ad the engine cooled it seemed like it was
> trying to start. Eventually, just as the truck
> arrived, the engine started but it was running
> rough, would not idle and seemed to have no power. I
> started the car again yesterday and again, the
> engine started but ran rough. There is no backfire
> but no power either. At constant throttle at ~2500
> rpm it would surge up 1000 rpm or stall 1000 rpm. I
> warmed the engine up to ~140 degrees to see of it
> might be a problem with the startup system. It never
> did smooth out and it stalled as I was checked to
> see if it would idle. Again, it would not restart
> warm. I noted that the fuel pump relay was
> chattering some  when I tried to restart the engine
> warm, but swapping relays with another in the relay
> box of the same type did not help.  Any ideas?  We
> are heading up to DC for a week so I won't be able
> to try anything out but I will be thinking about the
> problem. 
> 
> Regards,
> George 
>
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