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To reply to the earlier question of Robbe, I don't know how he did the testing, but I'm going to meet up with the mechanic on Monday and should be...
A small update: these are the compressions from the bank of the engine unaffected by the fuel regulator problem: [ATTACH] and these are the...
I haven't given you an update because there isn't one to give, yet. The car remains with the mechanic in Madrid, who has been waiting for...
The compressions have now been checked and are somewhat low on the bank that suffered the fuel wash. The mechanic is recommending that we try...
Mine's a 1994 car, so 27 years old now, in fact. Yes, I completely agree with you, Robbe; that is my thinking too. I'm waiting to hear from the...
What I imagined was that if the regulator diaphragm had ruptured, extra fuel would get into the inlet manifold, where it would be in bulk liquid...
Thanks for the info. Yes, I think I should move towards the 21st century and get familiar with on-board diagnostics now that I'm running two 90s...
I didn't explain fully in my first post my mental calculations on the Friday that this happened. The motorway was very busy with freight traffic...
What you are describing is more or less as it happened. The engine started to run very poorly, with little power. I was near my exit from the...
Around 1.5 bar / 20 psi maximum is what most pressure bleeders recommend. (You can buy a pressure bleeder if you don't want to concoct you own...
Yes indeed. Julio at GT Stradale certainly seems to know his stuff. I do a lot of the maintenance of my cars myself, but there are things that...
Perhaps you are right. The flash point of the oil would have been reduced by the added petrol, and the cloud of smoke when the oil burnt off the...
So, I finally have a diagnosis from GT Stradale in Madrid. It's a bit of an odd one that he said he hadn't seen before on a 456. Apparently the...
Exactly. I've never had the occasion to use one, but having one in the glove box or door pocket means it's available straight away.
By the way, about fire extinguishers, just a couple of weeks ago I bought two new fire extinguishers, one of which I put into the glove box of the...
I decided on Friday that it was best to have the car sent directly to a Ferrari specialist in Madrid, for several reasons, including that my...
Thanks. Yes, it doesn't seem to have an OBD2 port. I suppose they came later than 1994. I'm still confused about the mechanical issue that led to...
Thanks for the reply, a drink has been drunk! The engine didn't stop when this issue occurred, it kept running, with no strange noises and only a...
Can anyone hazard a guess as to what has happened with my 1994 456? I was returning home this afternoon, engine fully warmed up, on the...
Well, I took the car to work today, and it seemed a little better, but not a complete cure. I am thinking that I have an amount of clutch drag all...
