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Trying to identify oil leaks on my F355. Previous owner said he never had to add oil, but he drove under 2k miles a year with annual oil change. I...
That's good to know! Thanks!
I thought the problem with Ferrari connectors was purely mechanical - e.g. clamping/fit on female contacts getting loose? I observed that first...
Found an oil leak around my F355 tranny shifter rod seal (pics in attachment). Is this normal or should I look in to getting the seal replaced?...
There is a little bit of surface rust in the middle of the tensioner pulley, as visible in the picture. That surface rust is because the belt is...
Found that my F355 alternator belt is wearing out in the middle (see pics in the attachment). The car had it's major/all belts done in May and...
On a related subject - Is there a point in NOT cleaning/degreasing engine during major? For the last 10 year my F355 was serviced by the previous...
Did a little research, and looks like Tornador gun is made by Hangzhou Lantan Technology Co. of China. Here's Lantan's whole Tornandor lineup,...
Yes, steam cleaner was a waste of time - spent 3 hours porking with it and barely made any progress, had to break out a power washer, was a huge...
Do you know if they had a real steam cleaner, or a hot water power-washer? I'm trying to find info on steam cleaning for engines, and can't find...
Check ebay completed auction prices. I was bidding on one that was clean, but needed a belt job, and it sold for around 29K. $28-$30K I think is a...
Dave, understood! And I love working on cars too, but I had problems with this projects becoming all-consuming time-sinks. The black holes that...
Dave, do you track your hours spent working on projects? I find that for simple jobs I can come up $$$ ahead, but for more complex repairs - pros...
$1K/year is not a deal breaker. My point is that racking up $20K-30K repair bills in one year does not seem out of place in F355 ownership. And...
From what I understood from discussion with the previous owner, the car had a problem with injectors intermittently misfiring and that problem was...
I don't know what you guys are saying - that next time I bring my car for service I should expect mechanic to sell parts at wholesale? (btw for...
I cross-referenced parts list on Ricambi's page and added up prices from the itemized bill for the last major on my F355 (May 13) and those parts...
2013 service: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Can you link to what's included in Ricambi kit? I can't find it. Here's what was replaced at the 08' major (jpeg attachment). I think prices...
Or you can buy a used bimmer and drive it for next to nothing. I have an 01' 325 convertible that I bought in the spring and been pretty happy...
