360CS Cold Start Problem

My 360 sputters for about 10-15 seconds when it is started cold and then it runs fine. Is this the same problem? Mine is not a CS.

 

That's exactly what my CS does.......

 

For those of you who have had their ECU's reflashed, I have a few questions:

1) Do you have the factory cats and/or exhaust?
2) Did the dealer do any readings on the current ECU's before sending them to FNA?

I have a CS that has the cold start issue, and I have Tubi Straight Pipes (no cats) with a Tubi NGT exhaust. My dealer (Shelton) told me that the only way they can send the ECUs back to FNA to be reflashed is if my cats are on the car so they can read the parameters to send with the ECUs back to FNA.

This seems like BS, since two things are true....1) Even people with cats have the issue and, 2) this is a COLD start issue, so even with cats, there's nothing to measure since cats are useless until heated up. SO, I am curious what the procedure was for your reflash..........thanks!!!

 

sounds like this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_0mUX4S8V4&search=Ferrari

 

fred,

1. I have factory cats but will change cats soon as warranty is expiring
2. no, dealer (fosf -- factory store!) suggested I can remove ecu's myself and send them by mail
3. sounds like typical ferrari bs

my ecus being sent in this week

good luck
mike

 

It happened to me once , i shut it off and then it was all good.

Did it happen to yours ? Should i send the ECU for reflashing ?

 

andrew,

it hasn't happened on mine , which is perhaps surprising as it' s an early car. Pot luck i guess THe dealer's likely to say wait till it's happened a few times as the re flash is about £800. You still have wrrnty?

 

Hasn't happened to mine either. I assume it won't occur on ours as we have the CS(SP) version.

 

SP

 

Factory stock exhaust.

Yes. FNA asked for a read-out the ECU firmware revision and the "Check Engine" error code to confirm my car's symptoms indicated the need for the firmware re-flash. If your car shows additional anomalies due to the missing cats, they will see a different set of symptoms.

 

For a few more months ( i think June ).
I told the dealer about it and they didnt seem to be aware about this flashing ..

Hows your going ? Still madly in love ?

 

What version you have?

 

just of curiosity, have any of you considered fuel to be one of the reasons for the cold start problem? some high performance bmws, audi, etc have had the same issues with ethanol blended gasolines.. (just as a thought)