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

[Misc (misc]

I had something similar happen 10yrs ago with my 85 308.  It turned out to
be a VERY loose fuel pump ground wire.  The pump would intermittently run,
causing everything from complete loss of power to intermediate hesitant
continuous running.

Mark Lueker
308 SYSTEMS Inc.
970-282-7006
www.308systems.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:43 PM
To: Mark
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Looking for advice for 308 problem


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

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> What year is the car?
> How many milesav
>
> Clyde
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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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