360 Exhaust Variators

Even if you get it corrected in the system Ferrari only covers it during a belt change so changing them 2 weeks ago wasn't necessarily a good move.

Having said that, my car had over 20K on gen 1 variators and a number of track days with no incident. I had them changed recently. Ultimately this comes down to your risk tolerance. The variators can fail and they don't give notice so how much risk do you want to take?

 

My soapbox rant: You guys want these low milage cars with one owner.. here you go: the one owner never had the campaigns done and the system sounds like it was erroneously recorded as entered.

My response: Variator failure is relatively rare. The reason they fail is the stem where it connects to the exhaust cam on the variator is long. This stresses the metal and cracking occurs. The updated variators are 190042. I presume the part numbers on the variator are what was used for comparison? The risk is small but real, there is no way to tell if/when they will fail. You will make the determination whether to drive or not. BTW the repair manual states that the variator has a lifespan of 100,000 KM! Most failures, including the 3 bolt starter ring seem to be greater on tracked cars than street machines.

My car had absolutely no records at all. No manual, no conversation with the prior owner. None.
I was able to determine based on belt serial numbers that the belts were changed in fall of 07'. Thus this fall they get changed out. I don't know personally if the campaign was done (mine is a euro).. but seeing how the fuel sender does read completely full, the OBD2 port mod has been done (has it on yours?.. just some wiring to the OBD2 port).. I wouldn't be surprised if the variators in my car have been done in the past. This is the one advantage of multiple owners. Someone will have asked that question in the past and they stand a higher chance of being updated.

 

On all of this we do agree. And yes I know that we don't always agree and I probably rub you the wrong way sometimes; but, I do respect your contributions and abilities.

Anyway, as you know the campaigns are not tracked on euros so you can only depend on what you see and what you have service records for, not FNA records. I had my variators checked during the last belt change, then I had them replaced. It really isn't that bad. We had to take the cams out and machine them off but think of it as an opportunity to degree the cams and fix that leaking valve cover gasket

 

I have 102km so I would imagine mine have been changed ...I will do a belt services this winter ( even though Karl said I had a few more miles to go) and will have the checked

 

Skidkid not at all! These forums are best when people disagree on things... it gets us talking and some spicy debate is a good thing in life! Thank you for acknowledging whatever I can offer to the forum.

Feel free to shoot down my 100% correct opinion on well.. everything.