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Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 3882
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 1:44 pm: | |
A friend of mine just had the same thing. They replaced his shocks I believe.
$$$ poor guy only 15,000 Miles.
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Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Member
Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 351
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:48 pm: | |
I agree with the run-in time. You need to get the oil up above 200 degrees so the water vapor will be expelled from the oil. This takes a lot more than 10 minutes. |
David Burch (Merlyn)
New member
Username: Merlyn
Post Number: 45
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:48 pm: | |
I had that happen and the light stayed on. Turned out to be one of the electric shock adjusters had malfunctioned. The ECU tests them after a prolonged shutoff. At least that's what Ferrari of SF told me. |
Rob Schermerhorn (Rexrcr)
Member
Username: Rexrcr
Post Number: 266
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 6:54 pm: | |
Letting the car sit in storage for the winter is fine, running for only ten minutes is not so good.
You must run for about 25+ minutes to get the moisture out of the oil, exhaust, and then it really is best to drive and get all the systems up to operating conditions.
IMO, letting the car sit for three months is no big deal, fill the gas tank, change the oil, over inflate the tires, wax, cover, trickle charge the battery or remove the battery, then wait for spring. If you're fastidious, invest in a car-coon environment bag. |
Tom Antal (Intenso)
Junior Member
Username: Intenso
Post Number: 93
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 6:11 pm: | |
Mine does the same thing once every couple of months. As with yours, I re-start the car and it turns off. Tom |
MarkM (Zan)
New member
Username: Zan
Post Number: 7
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 5:06 pm: | |
The WSM stated: "If the key is turned on with or without starting the car, the ECU makes a time-out of about 1 minute,after which a situation of "speedometer signal lack" is detected; the ECU detects an anomaly and the warnig light switches on; when the speedometer signal is detected, the warnig light goes off."
Mine does the same thing. As soon as the car moves, it goes off. |
Warren L. (Warren)
Junior Member
Username: Warren
Post Number: 170
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:45 pm: | |
I was home the other day and decided to start my 355 up in the garage and let it run as I did not have much of a chance to drive it with the weather being so bad in the east coast. I came back 10 minutes later to find the shock absorber light on my dash on. I turned the engine off and restarted it and the light went off. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Should I bring it back to the mechanic? I usually keep the shock setting on soft.
2nd Part) In the event that you are unable to drive your F- for a long period of time is it better to start it up and leave it in idle to warm up the engine and then turn it off, or not start it at all. I am talking about 2-3 week stretches of time.
Thanks all! |