F355 servicing

Hi, my father has a 355 gts, its been stood for 2 years, i will be riding it now and i think that is better to do a full service on the engine... the cambelts as usual is the dificult task, as i have to remove the engine... is there a step by step how to remove the engine and install the cambelts available? if possible any special tools i will need?

I have the 355 workshop manual but it does not come there...

Thank you

 

Welcome!

Search is your friend, lots of info here.

Probably not the best to get your feet wet by doing your own major service. Just my 2 cents. If you decide to tackle it, be VERY patient.

 

Start here:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53351&highlight=engine+removal

 

This should help as well. Its not as bad as it appears.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234071

 

Hi, thanks for the replys =D

The only worry that i have is the air conditioning fluid..whats the special equipment that i need?

Cf355 i have seen your topic, its very good, i have to get familiar with all the conections, i am used to servicing and fixing bikes, but this engine has a lot more conections ehehe, its all good. Btw, i didint know that were so many people servicing the 355s at home, and as far as i can see the maitainence is not that expensive...

Thank you

 

With the a/c you will need to take the car to your local garage to have them recover the freon.
The equipment to recover/evacuate/recharge the a/c is just too expensive to bother doing it yourself.
You can make the a/c fittings accessible however by removing the carpet in the front bonnet firewall area (this is where the a/c charge connections are) so that the local a/c technician can recover the freon.
The rest of the service is pretty straight forward.

 

Hi guys, i am going to order the parts now... i started it today and i hear tac tac tac from the belts eheheh the cooling fluid is ok, its blue =D

I noticed that some plastics are sticky... i saw the topic with sticky no more, do you know the process or what its called? i am from Portugal, i need to search for somebody do do it here..

the oils , engine, gearbox, brakes , that come in the manual are ok or there are better ones?

edit: i am not finding the oils on the manual lol can you tell me where it is? or post it here... also the cooling fluid, whats the best?

 

another question... whats the best product to clean the exterior of the engine?

Tks

 

more questions...

i will remove the power steering lines, i have to replace the fluid and bleed it? how do i do it?

I have to bleed the clutch, where is the bleeder of the pedal?

Tks

 

One more ehehehe, the 'check engine' light appeared, whats the cause of it?

 

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Do the cam belt job first and worry about it later..I do mine and the check engine didint come up..

 

Tks Lerosa =D

That bleeder is the one in the gearbox, shouldnt be one in the pedal as the brakes? one on the pump and one in the gearbox actuator?

about the power steering, it needs to be bleeded?

 

Just refill the power steering with dextron fluid and start the car.....the system is self bleeding.

 

To bleed the clutch, there is only one bleeder at the pumpkin as depicted in the post by leorosa.
See my original post here.....covers bleeding the clutch process including some tips that make the job a piece of cake.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234071

Goto to my post of 23/3/09

 

Yes i saw your process but i dont understand how its only one bleeder... in the brakes there is the master cilinder and the calipers , and you put the fluid on the reservoir on the master cilynder... and bleed. On the clutch if there is only one bleeder how the fluid will go to the master cilinder? you use brake fluid right?

Tks

 

There is single shared reservoir for the brakes and clutch. Normal master cylinder for the brakes, but on the clutch there is a combined assembly thrust bearing/slave cylinder. Bleed the brakes at the caliper, bleed the clutch on the pumpkin.

 

Now i understand =D tks!

cf355 i use a large seringe to create vaccum to make the bleeding process faster =)

 

No offense Nuno, but you sound like you are way over your head. By all means good luck, but you might want to look at taking it somewhere. Do you have the serial number so the F355 registry can get updated?

 

No worries =) , as i said i m used to bikes... the systems are a lot more simple, since there is no power steering, AC, and the brake and clutch reservoirs are separate ehehe

Nobody borns with all the knowledge, you learn by doing or by asking, i learn a lot by doing, but since there is some people here that can take my doubts , its work that i save, and time... so when i do the service there are no doubts and the job is a lot easier, and faster...

I like mechanics a lot, the point of doing the servicing myself is to get to know the car better, and have fun doing it... the fun is doubled... fixing it , and driving it..

I dont have the serial number here but i can check it later...

 

fair enough, good luck like I said. have fun, I can't wait to do a 355 service at some point, sounds like alot of fun to me!

 

Parts arrived =D

Posted some pics...

Air filters, fuel filter, oil filter, all the belts, waterpump, spark plugs, belt tensioner bearings

Cant wait to start =D
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