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To clarify, I had issues with my previous 2 Ferraris as well, I just never requested FNA to help reimburse me for the expenses incurred with them....
..and this is what I am sending off...below this, I sent the same note (or at least close!) in Italian via Google Translate...We'll see if this...
I appreciate the sentiments here, and of course, if one hasn't gone through this, ownership can be a wonderful, untainted experience. I had some...
"Not the first 430 to have a broken valve spring ( is that what it was?) so at least you didn't need a new engine" It was not a broken valve...
RESOLUTION: For anybody who cares: The manifolds, under warranty till next month, were determined by Continental to be "bad" and replaced. But...
Update- details on what has/will be done for anyone who cares...I have asked the dealer to ask FNA if they can be of any assistance for a...
UPDATE: My local guy said he did not believe it was a manifold issue, but given previous comments and the fact that my car is still under exhaust...
thanks for this (again showing my ignorance) how difficult is that to check?
Update: Leakdown test confirms initial suspicious, valve or valve-glide problem. Mechanic has seen this often from 355/360s, but this is first...
Misfire Fuel 302 Compression test-->PSI 65% on cylinder two...Rest of passenger cylinder bank ~175% Running leak down test today
Thanks for the muffler bearing suggestion. I will pass it along, and relay any further, more detailed information I receive which may help others...
Yes, he has his own contacts, this was my idea, but his ego is not such that it wouldn't allow there may be someone other than him or his circle...
Thanks for the manifold suggestion...again, I'm not sure this hasn't been done, and to be clear, there is no rush to take out the engine. It is...
To help address the above comments, I talked w/ my guy, and have advised him he can jump on to my thread to better fully explain. In short, he...
'06 F430 Spider, ~16k miles, not driven hard…Check engine light comes on, I dutifully take it directly to a local who, while not an...
Took it in -- In what I don't think was a "blow off", I was told that my PIS at 4.8mm was perfect, but my pause or whatever was perfectly normal...
Thanks for the tips guys...brings a whole new meaning to "have to take a P.I.S" ;-D...now, I have to just find out what that stands for. I...
Hi all...I've searched the threads, and while I see issues of switching gears when the car is cold, I haven't seen this: My '06 430 spider w/ ~5k...
OK, I've had my 430 for 6 months, and it's time for me to do some interior maintenance...I've purchased a botttle each of the Lexol cleaner and...
thanks to everyone for their input...I've since talked to a couple guys and have decided to come in off the ledge ;-D , as they too have told me...
