Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 575 Issues

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

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From: Bruce Hill <bruce.hill [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 11:38:00 AM
To: Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 575 Issues

 

My son had a Jeep Cherokee with the manual trans and 4 cylinder engine. Very odd version, since most of these were the 4.0 6 cylinder with auto trans.

The power steering line on it sprung a leak and there was absolutely no replacements available anywhere. The factory hose had a built in pressure switch of some sort that stepped up the idle when you went full lock on the steering. I ended up taking it to the local speed shop that had a guy there reuse the end with the pressure switch and he just welded on a new connector to the steel pipe end, then made up a new hose for $50. The OEM part that wasn't available was much more expensive in the parts book.

Bruce Hill

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 11:14 AM Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

I faced the same problem (as do everyone else) with the 308’s oil cooler hoses. Same thing, buying the factory parts would cost four figures.

 

I went to one of our hydraulics suppliers for our company and worked out an alternative set-up, converting the original banjo hoses to more common JIC flared fittings. This stuff is made to handle 1000+ PSI, so, well within the operating pressures of an engine. I believe my total cost for all the pieces was under $200 CDN. And this stuff can be found at any hydraulic shop in North America.

 

Oh, and the oil cooler sprung a leak too and replaced that with an aftermarket type as well! A couple of hundred bucks instead of $1000+ (mind you, I did have to make a custom bracket and air duct to accommodate the different size).

 

 

 

 

 

Peter

 

 

 

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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:44:07 PM
To: PeterGT4 <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 575 Issues

 

I am getting factory hoses 

Clyde Romero

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On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:07 PM, Dick Petrick <rtpetrick [at] comcast.net> wrote:

Clyde,

 

I had to replace the power steering lines on my 2004 575M a little over a year ago at circa 35K miles.

As I recall, they had to be custom made in Italy and took about a week and a half to get delivery.

Only one of the originals was leaking, but I was required to buy the pair of new ones (…..which I would have done anyway. Sure as hell, I’d replace the leaker and 100 miles later the second one would leak)

The replacement power steering lines weren’t cheap, as I recall….about $1500 USD for the pair.

In my experience, any part for a Ferrari is 3 to 4 times the cost of similar parts for American machines. Same thing for tee shirts, polo shirts….anything with the Ferrari logo.

 

At the same time, I had fluid replacements and flushes of brake system, coolant system, gear box, and power steering system. All clean….no leaks.

In general, I think the quality of Italian automotive hoses is subpar. I replace the coolant hoses underneath the induction system with silicone hoses.

 

Regards,

Dick Petrick

 

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