| Author | Message | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
Member Username: Jay Post Number: 565 Registered: 10-2001 |
William the OEM hoses are fine if they are new. The problem is 10 years later they look good on the outside but are falling apart on the inside! Mine looked fine until I removed them to see the decay. Also, people tend to lose heat shields over the years. Mechanics and gear heads remove shields because they rattle, bad move. Engineers put them there for a reason! Erik What happened? Damn!  | ||
| Erik R. Jonsson (Gamester)
Junior Member Username: Gamester Post Number: 52 Registered: 3-2002 |
Here is how my 308 was consumed in January of 2002.  | ||
| Erik R. Jonsson (Gamester)
Junior Member Username: Gamester Post Number: 51 Registered: 3-2002 |
Here is how my 308 was consumed in January of 2002.  | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 386 Registered: 9-2001 |
Jay, So why doesn't Ferrari put in the correct hoses to prevent this? This is an issue that been killing these cars for decades. How many people here have replaced their fuel, coolant & brake lines to prevent this? Come on, don't tell me that it hurts the resale of the car if you don't change them out from OEM. | ||
| Luigi Tarisio (Tarisio)
New member Username: Tarisio Post Number: 34 Registered: 1-2002 |
Joey was filling up his 355 at a station near his home. He put the hose on auto and sat in his car. The auto function didn't shut off the gas the it over flowed and was ignited by the cats. the teenage attendent pulled Joey from the car which was totaled. This was not connected to the fule line recall. Joey burned the inside of both arms. Then he bought a POrsche, a Boxster. Now he has a 360. | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
Member Username: Jay Post Number: 563 Registered: 10-2001 |
Problem is the hoses. People don't spend the money to replace the hoses on Ferraris. They look okay on the outside but they are disintigrating on the inside. That goes for brake flex lines, coolant lines and fuel lines. I just replaced all of mine, you gotta see what a 30 year old OE hose looks like on the inside! | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 385 Registered: 9-2001 |
Why do the new Ferraris BURN up so easily? Too many are lost to fire. I would had hoped Ferrari would correct this issue but it still exists. | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 682 Registered: 6-2001 |
Hey Jim, I remember hearing about that. I think it was a red 355 Spider. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Junior Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 232 Registered: 7-2002 |
One of you guys lives down the street from Joey Kramer. do you remember this incident from 1998? What kind of Ferrari was it? Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer narrowly escaped serious injury when his Ferrari convertible caught fire at a gas station not too far from his Boston-area home. Kramer sustained the most serious burns to his arm and hand as he shielded his face from the flames after a leak in the gas tank hose caused the fuel to ignite. He is being given 2 weeks to recover (the Ferrari won't) and the band will be back on the road mid-August. Their timely tour break was already scheduled after an accident on stage injuring frontman Steven Tyler. |