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

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

I would check coil pack. Sounds like its running on only one bank. If it is  
then check spark and fuel. Could be as simple as a dirty electrical plug onto  
the coils. may be a failed part but also may be a bad connection.
 
Britt

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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