Ferrari: The 308 is out for summer!

Paddington wrote: 

You might want to adjust your fast idle.
 
Change the friggin' oil! (and all the other fluids as well). Your
sending unit could be going off. I had the same issue.
 
Hey, if it's not broke....
 
Enjoy the car and that special "Carb Car" experience that those
"Injected Capri pant wearing" types will never understand.

T308
(Who might be adding three more carbs and 12 more cylinders to the
garage shortly, watch this space.....)

--
LIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

"Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek)"
 

Torque spread!
 

....at which point I'd have to give up on the 'torque spread' argument.

-Paul

 

....and check you don't have either a sticky throttle cable/mechanism or a
sticky gas pedal
 

Indeed, change the oil and the filter......and ALL the other fluids come to
think of it. Oil goes nasty over time - build up of acids or some such
thing - google for it & you'll find information as to why you need to change
it at least once a year regardless of mileage. Three years is way too long.

The oil pressure shouldn't go above 80-90lbs even when cold. When the car is
hot & idling it wouldn't be unusual to see very little oil pressure at all.
 

Once you are happy that the carbs are "about right" you might also consider
an "Italian tune up". Basically, get the thing nice & warm & then drive it
in 3rd gear for 3-4 minutes at between 6 & 7,000 rpm - it will de-coke the
valves & clean everything out a treat. Also maybe run a bottle of
carburettor cleaner through with a full fresh tank of gas. Gas "weathers"
these days & can leave some nasty deposits around the place if you leave it
too long.

Having said that, how long has the car been "in storeage" without being run?
If its more than a few months you might consider a cambelt change first as
well. Belts need to be changed with age as much as they do for mileage
reasons & the longer they sit in one position the less good it does them

 

ROFL (!)

 

Tell, Tell......
 

Calm down! Calm down, we won it fair & square geezer!

Iain Miller wrote:
 
I remember the first time I heard about this technique, I was a little
suspect about it, but believe me, it does work!
 

:-)
 

Soon my friend, soon. When i have the car in my possession I'll tell
the story!
 

And the title defense begins in three weeks! I cannot wait...

T308
--
LIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

"Iain Miller" <me> wrote in message
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And when I get pulled over for doing 100mph do I just tell the cop i'm doing
an italian tune up? ; )

Paddington wrote: 
Always has worked for me!

T308
(Or perhaps it was the Dunkin' Donuts gift certificates that "fell" out
of his wallet....)

--
LIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005

"Paddington" <com> wrote in message
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Then do it in second if you want to get all lightweight about it !! ;-))

I.

 

Oh indeed it does :-))


I.