Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Found 308 no-start problem (unbelievably simple)

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

Here is an average plug looks like after a few thousand miles.

Robert W. Garven Jr.

rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few." Enzo Ferrari

On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:16 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

And, PS:  You are not doing your engine any favors

by running overly rich.  You will leave carbon deposits

in the cylinders and - more importantly - in the valve seats,

which will result in valves not seating properly and thus

burnt valves.  Run LEAN!!!!  You only need rich mixtures

under heavy throttle/load.  This you can do via the mains

and air correctors.  The idles should be as lean as possible

without giving a misfire.  And, BTW, my 20ish mpg is in

non-spirited freeway driving.  Road too crowded around

here to get  carried away.  So I'm talking 70-80mph cruise.

But back road hard core driving I'm still not dipping below

14-15mpg.  And this is seeing 120-130mph straights, but

mostly crooked road, lots of full throttle.  Dyno with my jet

combo was ~ 245hp, but with some other "tweaks".  I'm 

seeing some 20hp over stock with the help of my 

mechanic and the dyno techs.

Hans.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

No, it's jets.  I have aftermarket exhaust and K&N.  Told you - lean as possible on the idle jets, way rich on the mains and air correctors.  Stock emulsion tubes are likely optimal.  This combo gives clean burn during highway driving, but 12:1 A/F under full throttle.  Done all of the above on a chassis dyno. Maxed for clean burn *and* max power.

Hans.

On Sep 8, 2014 9:04 PM, "Robert W. Garven Jr." <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Could it be because of the tubi and K&N?  more airflow must mean more fuel. Also we have shitty gas here only 91 octane. I also do not drive

in the manner that would be considered good for gas mileage.........

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Robert W. Garven Jr.

rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few." Enzo Ferrari

On Sep 8, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

12-13mpg???

Mine gets 18-20 with the somewhat richer jets I put in,

was getting over 20 with some leaner jets - but I was

getting a bit of a misfire at times.  Burns clean, plugs 

never have any soot on them.

Hans.

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Robert W. Garven Jr. <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:

the GT4 runs rich but still is set up fine gets 12-13mpg same as my Rodeo. I do let it idle about 5 minutes on startup, mostly highway driving

Robert W. Garven Jr.

rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few." Enzo Ferrari

On Sep 7, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Stephen Sherman <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Well you can look on the bright side, it was your fuel pump, I know it did not have any fuel to pump. Now if we can get our F1 to win. 

I get 20mpg highway.

Stephen

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:22 PM, John Ashburne via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:

Doh!  At least that was cheap even if a bit embarrassing!

John

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On Sep 7, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:

The best I did on highway many years ago doing Montreal- Atlantic City or Montreal- Boston was 12 l/ 100km.

I would like to know what kind of mileage people get.

 

Oh yes! I forgot to mention that adding the towing ($80), changing almost all relays, all the fuses, all the spark plugs, contact cleaner. This whole saga cost me $337. dollars. All I actually needed to do was put gas in it.

Michael Savard

----- Original Message -----

From: Peter Pless

To: 'Michel Savard'

Cc: 'The FerrariList'

Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 7:02 PM

Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Found 308 no-start problem (unbelievably simple)

That is sucking a lot of juice! Hopefully with normal driving, instead of sitting at idle for a lot of time, you get a lot better than that.

I would have thought around 10l/100km on a highway cruise.

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+ferrarilist=pless.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Michel Savard
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2014 8:43 AM
To: Peter Pless
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Found 308 no-start problem (unbelievably simple)

 

1981 308 GTSi: I'll start with the punch line right away. FAULTY GAS GAUGE.

 

I changed the 'Level gauge control' inside the tank in july 2013. I was tired of always checking my mileage to calculate how much gas I had after 10 years. So, I thought I was good for a few years. I had done 255 miles since my last fill up. But my gauge said I had 1/4 left. No worry right?

Remember my emails ? It starts and it dies after 10 or 15 or 20 seconds. I changed all the fuses, all the relays except 3. I found the ground wire of the gas pump and filed the frame real good where it was screwed in, also filed the female part holding the wire. Always same thing, it started and died right away again this morning.

 

I had an idea. After 255 miles maybe, just maybe it's empty ?

It ran at idle quite a lot for some reason. For example, my mechanic did a fuel mixture to get rid of the dark smoke coming out of the exhaust. It idled for about 30 minutes just for that. So, I bought a gas can and put 20 liters in it. As soon as I started to fill the gas tank and I could clearly hear the gas falling into an empty bottom. Funny sound. I knew that was the problem. It started on the second crank, drove to the nearest gas station and added 47.6 liters. That's 67.6 liters for a 70 liter tank. That thing was empty. That's 15.75 liters per 100 km. That's 14.4 miles per gallon, right ? It was much much better a few years ago.

 

AAAAHHHHHH! The suffering Ferrari owner must go through to live their dream!

 

Thanks for all the help!

 

Michael Savard

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