Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Problem with the 308 GTSi

[clyderomero (clyderomero]

For get the vacum check 
You got all thje valves on that head
Mark the hood bolts well so when you put the hood back on it will be easy
Put the car oin 2nd gear 
Dissconnect the tube
Mark it
Drain the fluids and yank the engine
Find a strong table to put the engine on
That's it 
Once the engine is out its a piece of cake!

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

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:00 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Problem with the 308 GTSi


Clyde, Doug and Everyone Else,

Thanks for the advice. A Compression test was next on the list, somewhat 
hampered by my difficulty in getting the tester to screw into the 5-8 bank 
spark plug ports which means the cable has to bend back at well over 90 
degrees. It turned out that I had an adapter that had a centering extension, 
so I ran the test. Bad news! Bank 1-4 had 160-180 PSI (wet) and 5-8 read 0. 
I did not do the intake vacuum test yet, but I will likely do it for 
"completeness" as my thesis advisor used to say.



I'll proceed to take off the timing belt covers, I assume by removing the 
wheel and going through the wheel-well. There is a fiberglass (I think) 
shroud attached to the body between the wheel and the engine that looks like 
it comes off easily.



Two more questions:

A)    Does the engine turn easily by hand with the plugs out? I am used to 
cars with a handy fan or crankshaft nut to turn the engine with.

B)    If, as I now suspect, I crashed the valves, does this usually take out 
the pistons and will the front (5-8) bank head come off without pulling the 
engine? I do not own an engine hoist and would rather not pull the engine if 
I don't have to.



Thanks.



Regards.



>
> Yeah - a missed shift - the gift that keeps on giving.
>
> Good luck and keep us posted.
>
> DOUG
>
> 

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