Ferrari Mailing List: Re: engine dies suddenly, fuel pump ?

[Clyde Romero (clyderomerof4]

You need fuel ignition and air to have fire

My guess is you have no spark

Or and intermittent one at best 

Check the ground on the ignition coil

Have you changed the plug wires?

They could have gone south remember it's an old car 

Also open both distributor caps and check the center carbon plunger 

Make sure it is hit the distributor 

It could also be your ignition pick up that has gone south 

Remember its a 1981 car 

Huge back fire usually means a timing issue 

There is a pick up on the fly wheel that has been known to go bad

Call me if you want 

 

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On Aug 23, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:

Problems again. First towing in 4 years. 1981 308 GTSi is running perfectly well. Going back home, red light becomes green, 1st gear, turn left and then woof! Engine dies. I rolled quietly to the next red light. We do have A LOT of red lights in Montreal. The light turns green, I turn the key, engine starts and dies right away, but I'm going downhill, so I put it in 2nd and clutch in clutch out, it starts for one second again and dies, keep rolling downhill take a right turn in neutral, try again to start it, it starts and then HUGE backfire and dies again.

 

I decided to play (switch relays) with the relay because there is a noise coming from the fuel pump relay. Try different relays that were there. Nothing. But at one point I clearly heard a "whistling" noise (as if air was coming out from somewhere) coming from the area of the fuel pump in the engine bay. Very strange and scary. That noise came when I put a relay, don't remember which one, in place of the fuel pump relay. I still tried to start it even if that whistling noise was scaring me. Nothing. I put the original relay back in and the whistling noise stopped. Absolutely no smell of gas at all. Fuel tank is 2/3 empty.

 

Called the towing and parked it.

 

Fuel pump was changed in november 2006 along with a used accumulator. The relay was changed in may 2011. It's saturday, can't talk to my mechanic until monday. And what's worse is I'm back at school (I'm a teacher) on monday. No more vacation, ne more free days to get the Ferrari to my mechanic whenever I want to.

 

What do you think ?

If it's the fuel pump, any idea of the price ? (I paid $146.00 back in 2006.

 

Thank you!

Michael Savard

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