Picture of 348 Timing belt after 7 years

12k miles and 7 years on the belt. The mechanic said the tensioner was on backwards or upside down (or something of the sort) causing it to rub on the belt.
I'm not sure since I've never owned a Ferrari until now.




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Wow. That was lucky.

 

I'm guessing he was referring to the metal pads/guides above the cam pulleys, installed backwards and/or too tight. Your car might have been better off foregoing service 7 years ago. After many cars and many, many bad service experiences, I'm becoming convinced that there's a 50/50 risk of damage from a bad service vs wear and tear. This includes "professionals" as well as home mechanics.

 

Probably the pad foot thingy by the cams was on backwards.

 

Holy mother of Christ! That is 1mm away from $25k.

 

Nice!

 

That photo deserves to be uploaded. Here.
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I had an issue with a maladjusted shoe as well, but it wasn't near as bad.

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Whoa Nelly!!!

I wonder who did the belt job last????

 

Someone will blame a diy er.

 

I believe that is correct. He showed me the pad foot and said it was turned backwards and I was lucky it had not caused the belt to break. Although I will say the belt made it 12,000 miles and 7 years so I'm not so sure it was a total disaster - Only if it had caused it to break.



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Thanks!


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I do have the receipt from the service, but who knows if they are responsible.


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Ha! I wonder who that would be.

 

I will say the mechanic working on my 348 has been very good at looking over everything and letting me know when he finds anything unusual.

I printed off the 30,000 mile service recommendation list from My348 website and gave him. To my delight as I was reading off the list he got ahead of me and touched on just about everything on the list which gave me confidence in him.

Any other advise that might be helpful is much appreciated and thank you all for your replies.


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Test and clean your injectors.

 

That's true if you make poor choices of service providers.

 

Are the belts not marked with a date ....what is the date of the belt ? Can you see it ?

 

I didn't know about a date on the belt. I just have the receipts from the previous service.


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Easy to say when you're in the business. Unless you're personal friends with the shop owner or mechanic, how can you guarantee that the person laying hands on your car is the master mechanic with 30 years experience, lifelong sobriety, and pride in his work?

How do you guarantee that despite seeking out the best shop in the area, you don't get stuck with the heavily tattooed apprentice or new hire who was out drinking all night and has one eye on his phone's Facebook feed the following day?

 

Repack your clutch?

 

In my opinion whomever did that belt last and put the anti-skip shoes on backwards is for sure at fault. And it was a Ferrari or independent shop????????

Tisk tisk tisk.

One more reason I Stooge my own wrenches on my Ferrari. If something goes wrong I am to blame.

 

wow.....very lucky

 

It was a Ferrari shop, but I'll give the benefit of the doubt that the anti-skip shoe may have been changed out by someone else (ok I'm working hard here to not point a finger...lol ). Well and since I didn't see the pad come off for myself the current mechanic could be mistaken that it was on wrong (there I go again).

I have been making regular visits to the shop,...well at least once a week and the mechanic is more than happy to discuss what he's found and the next steps. I more or less interviewed him before deciding on whether to let his shop do the work or ship it to a Dealer.

The mechanic had previously worked for a dealer down in Florida. So Along with the above and the fact the shop is 10 minutes from my house I decided to leave the 348 with them.
I knew also upfront it would take them longer than probably a Ferrari dealer to get it back to me - which actually I told the local I wanted every relevant nut and bolt checked.

I used to do all the service on my previous cars, mostly Vettes, but just don't have the desire anymore. Maybe when I retire one day.






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Just goes to show that a 348 is a tough mudder...even with 1 timing belt.