| Author | Message | ||
| Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member Username: Dapper Post Number: 404 Registered: 4-2002 |
I guess this is what happens (or rather doesn't) to cars that were stored for 10+ years from new! Its made me think, how can I get a list of all the bulletins that were issued pertinent to my model/year to check whats been actually attended to and what hasn't? Of course at this stage I'm going on the assumption the mod here has not been done, whereas it may have been. | ||
| Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member Username: Dapper Post Number: 403 Registered: 4-2002 |
Thanks for that Tom, I'll have a look for the mod when it gets a little warmer out there. If its not there I'll do the mod. Chris, I've driven the absolute nuts off the car in the summer and still the gauge doesn't move off its stop, so its more likely the mod above needs doing or a faulty sender or gauge. | ||
| Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain)
Member Username: Ricrain Post Number: 285 Registered: 2-2002 |
My '91 had this update. The oil temp has always read fine. | ||
| Dave328GTB (Hardtop)
Member Username: Hardtop Post Number: 311 Registered: 1-2002 |
I had a 94 348. The temp gauges worked perfectly. Normal summertime temps were 170-190. Track temps ran higher like 240-260, Winter driving a little lower like 150-160. It was always above the minimum stop in normal use after warmup. Dave | ||
| Chris A. (Asianbond)
Junior Member Username: Asianbond Post Number: 109 Registered: 5-2002 |
Dave, i had this discussion before with other f-members, it is normal for it not to move. The only time it moves is when you are driving the car real hard. I am 100% positive on this. | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
New member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 34 Registered: 10-2002 |
I have a 1994 348 Spyder and I always get a oil temperature reading. Nomal driving it reads around 80-90, for hard driving close to 100 or slightly above. | ||
| Tom Jones (Ferrarioldman)
New member Username: Ferrarioldman Post Number: 29 Registered: 6-2002 |
The likely problem here is lack of ground to the oil tank especially if it is an early car. Later 348's had a ground wire added into the wiring harness for this problem. (See service bulletin number 80-55 dated 8/24/92) Remove the RR wheel and rear inner fender panel. Make a ground wire to attach to one of the 6mm studs on the side of the tank. Drill a hole in the small frame member next to it and attach the other end of the wire to the frame with a sheet metal screw.  | ||
| Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member Username: Dapper Post Number: 397 Registered: 4-2002 |
OK, I've had enough, I want my Oil TEMPERATURE gauge to read like it should i.e. something more than the min stop level it has never moved off since buying the car! BTW the dealer told me they are all like it, and a great many on this site agreed so I lived with it (although there were a few who have Oil T gauges that register a temp off the min stop) What is the most likely contender to nil gauge reading, the sender? If so, where is it located on a 348 (pic or diagram would be appreciated). Pre empting further, what is the likely cost and part number of a sender? |