Ferrari FF gearbox failure light on, CAD$63,000 to replace?

I think you'll find this long thread very helpful: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/ff-ptu-design-flaw.605529/

Yes, there appears to be a third-party fix for a very reasonable price.

 

It’s a Ferrari we expect lots of issues !

 

Perhaps the understatement of the decade! Poor quality, durability suspect....and an abysmal spare parts supply.

 

There are plenty of parts available for these cars and in reality only a few issues with these gearboxes that are well known and easily fixable with some tooling and experience. Differential parts and an SAP would be 2 weeks away but available. I would also replace the speed sensor kit, pressure sensors and the temperature sensors while in there. Generally the differential failure is due to old or incorrect gear oil usage. The boxes are sensitive to fluids and we only use the Shell product. That box can be repaired for about $30K

 

Agree. Still a ridiculous amount of money though.

 

Don’t know about the FF, but the 458 has both hydraulic clutch fluid and DCT fluid. The Shell product for the clutch is available, but the DCT is not (at least I couldn’t find any), so went with Motul 300 which very closely matches the Shell Spirax S5.

I replaced both fluids, so far no issues with my gearbox.

 

The Ferrari gearbox uses 75w/90 in the gear section.. and DCT fluid which is the clutch fluid you refer to.

 

I think you may have it backwards..

The motul is gear oil

The DCT is the hydraulic oil ..which motul also has a high torque dctf fluid

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yes, thanks for the correction.