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

[clyde romero (clyderomero]

My guess its electrical in nature and that you need to check your CPU which
is in the luggage compartment and there is usually moisture in there.
A 10mm socket will get it out and you can clean it up, and when I had a 308
I put those moisture removal bags that come with electrical equipment in
there to soak up moisture.
This is an old car (27yrs) and corrosion most likely has caused your
problems.
Check your plug wires and extensions as well .
And the cap and rotor.
There is a carbon center plug that makes the contact to the rotor. You might
have to remove the center carbon plug and extend the spring a little so it
applies pressure to the rotor. 
Make sure the center cap is resting on it. Check both of them.
Clean the cap and rotor well with a dremel tool wire brush, get all the capr
contacts shinny.
If you are not getting any serious mechanical noises like those in running
around in Bubba;s head  you are most likely ok there.
It’s a cheap fix just a lot of pain staking work.
If you stay ahead of it it’s a piece of cake.
Hope this works.

            
  
Clyde
 
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From: georgedodson [at] comcast.net [mailto:georgedodson [at] comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:54 AM
To: clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Looking for advice for 308 problem

Clyde,

 She is an 81 GTSI with ~8000 miles.  Thanks.

Regards,
George



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
To: <georgedodson [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Looking for advice for 308 problem


> 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>
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> 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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