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

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey cLyDe: Don't quote me on this ... but my tarot cards just told me that it's 
an 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi. Or maybe it was my cat.

BTW, have you ever forgotten where you're supposed to land 5 minutes after you 
take off? Just wondering ...

Yer pal, Shitbox Bubba


-----Original Message-----
From: cLyDe
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Looking for advice for 308 problem



What year is the car?
How many milesav

Clyde
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From: <georgedodson [at] comcast.net>

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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