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  1. ///Art

    ///Art Karting
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    Wife removes Ferrari from nice warm spot in garage. Wife drives said Ferrari down highway. Wife strikes road debris, moments later pulls over and notices huge white cloud of smoke under bonnet. Wife calls Husband, Husband sends tow truck and brings Ferrari back to Nice warm spot in garage. Husband notices coolant and some oil all over the place. Husband tears down Ferrari, crank spins freely, husband starts Ferrari momentarily while cold, Ferrari holds on to dear life on 4 cylinders and coughing major white smoke clouds from rear end. Wife gets driving lesson.

    **** my life...

    More to come...
     
  2. vrsurgeon

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    THAT ****ING SUCKS! :(

    Was impact to front piercing the radiator? Or to side with oil cooler above passenger wheel?
     
  3. ///Art

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    middle and rear went through the fiberglass body pan hit water lines and rubber hoses chipped oil pan a bit its dripping a little oil. Slice and Dice..
     
  4. ///Art

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  5. vrsurgeon

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    WTF did she hit... ?

    Wait.

    Nevermind. If my sweetie did this I wouldn't matter. Honey, you know those shoes you wanted... well daddy's going to use the money for those to fix Bella.. (hits head on wall)..

    Good news is you have carte blanche to fix it. I presume? ;)

    FYI I would have said quite a few more choice words. When you take the viewports off on the back of each of the heads on the rear, are the alignment marks matching when at TDC? Chit dude..
     
  6. ///Art

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    it is what it is, at least she's safe didn't and didn't wreck.

    To fix? I have my "links und recuts" Hand.
     
  7. ///Art

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    I havent gotten than far yet. I called Ins. Going to have them come out and do an assessment. If they bend me over, Ill do a further tear down.
     
  8. mello

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    Sounds like a wonderful opportunity to upgraded. I meant the car not your wife. I wish you the best.
     
  9. Backyard Buddy

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    Sorry for your pain!!
     
  10. GordonF355

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    so wth did she hit to cause all the damage???
     
  11. Gated

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    Sorry...thought that read "**** my wife!" not "**** my life!"...
     
  12. 88Testarossa

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    Keep telling yourself it's just a car and your wife is okay. Again and again.


    Sent via itty bitty electrons
     
  13. technom3

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    This may or may not apply... but if I were you I would remove your dealer plate from the back if you are making a personal claim
     
  14. DK308

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    Well it is JUST a car, and luckily his wife is ok. That would be all that really mattered to me.
    I LIKE my cars and LOVE my wife. Is it unfortunate? Yes. Is it a reason to hate your life? Hell no. But hey, luck would have it that what ever damaged the car only hit the car, and did not fly through the windshield and decapitate a loved one.
     
  15. Dano360NC

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    Bummerooski. Looks like your wife may have just written you a big IOU.
     
  16. Jagbuff

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    +1, in the dealer plates, unless your wife is also covered. Either way it's going to be real PITA to get them to cover an engine repair...

    BTW, I understand white cloud if coolant/oil spilled on hot exhaust, what I don't get is why this would translate into coolant coming out of the exhaust unless a) coolant is sucked into the intake (how? oil aerator blowing coolant though b/c of the beach?) or b) you have blown head gasket (God forbid)...though that would mean someone drove the car for quite a while or very hard...not just "moments" after the debris was hit. Good Luck

    PS: I see an Autel Maxys Pro diagnostic system (pretty nice scan tool) in the video, do they have a Ferrari software package? If so, can you run any diagnostic on it beyond the standard OBDII or can you get into the more advance functions like TCU etc...
     
  17. yangstein

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    Wow.... I feel your pain... That would have me thrown off the cliff... My wife only drives when I am next to her. She will not take the car out by herself. Well she has few times when her sisters came over though... I hope it is not serious...
     
  18. ///Art

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    She's on the Insurance. She drove the car and it overheated due to the radiator being damaged by road debris, the car overheated damaging the cylinder head and or head gasket. She did say she didn't realize until the car ran "funny" with smoke pouring out of the back and the needles were pegged. I have 40 PSI compression on 7, 10 on 6 and 0 on 5. This is causing coolant to be dumped into the combustion chamber and causing the white cloud of smoke and misfires.

    Autel is bringing back Ferrari software shortly. I am using the Maserati and BMW backdoored to access bosch ME7
     
  19. mr_bock

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    Revoke Her driving the horse driving privileges!!!!!

    Obviously she does not understand what hitting/running over stuff can damage!!!! and what to do before major damage occurs...
     
  20. mello

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    Don't be too hard on her. Women are just not technical and incapable of logical thinking in general. I'm sure she is feeling very sorry and terrible right now. It's over and done with. I hope the OP and her are in speaking terms and move on to a brighter future. After all, it's only a car. ;)
     
  21. Jagbuff

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    That is a big bummer - didn't mean to throw salt on the wound.

    I'll be curious to see how comprehensive the Autel Ferrari package is and how much it is.
    Good luck on sorting out the car!
     
  22. flat_plane_eddie

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    I'll be on her side too. After all it's easier to find another car versus a wife lol

    Sucks really bad but life moves forward.
     

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