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550 Started car after engine failure in 2003……22 years after….

Discussion in '456/550/575' started by rcgalore, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM.

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  1. rcgalore

    rcgalore Karting

    Sep 8, 2014
    66
    San Juan, PR
    #1 rcgalore, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
    yep… as title states… Was able to start yesterday after some trouble shooting and help by some forum members….. As you can hear in video, car was running on 9 cilinders. Had problems with the old injectors , as 3 of them did not work….after some “light knocks” to them, 11 cilinders where working….cilinder # 6 injector was not able to get it to work…… Even though all 12 injectors where cleaned and tested outside before assembly….
    Anyways, just ordered last night a set of 12 ea new injectors.

    I bought this car around last march 2025 and started restoring it as it was very, very neglected ( mold inside cabin, sticky buttons, no engine installed as broken engine was out, tank leaked years ago and fuel was oily and smelled heavily inside cabin, etc, etc

    Some photos attached…. and of course…the video when first started….
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  2. rcgalore

    rcgalore Karting

    Sep 8, 2014
    66
    San Juan, PR
    #2 rcgalore, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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  3. rcgalore

    rcgalore Karting

    Sep 8, 2014
    66
    San Juan, PR
    #3 rcgalore, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
    and video of first start after 22 years…. still need to finish changing injectors with the new ones ordered and intall factory exhausts/mufflers/intakes….
     

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  4. fatbillybob

    fatbillybob Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Aug 10, 2002
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    #4 fatbillybob, Jul 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
    Great job! That’s a lot of work.
     
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  5. Ferrari55whoa

    Ferrari55whoa F1 Rookie
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    Dec 21, 2005
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    Eric
    #5 Ferrari55whoa, Jul 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
    Last edited: Jul 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
    The man hours involved….wow.

    clean carfax

    only driven on the occasional Sunday! ;-)

    how many 456/550/575’s would one estimate are in total in P.R
     
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  6. theunissenguido

    theunissenguido F1 Rookie
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    Jan 21, 2004
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    Guido
    #6 theunissenguido, Jul 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
    Great Felipe that you could bring the car back to life! ¡Diviértete conduciendo el coche!
     
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  7. vee12

    vee12 Formula Junior
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    Nov 2, 2008
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    Atlanta
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    Les
    #7 vee12, Jul 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
    Shocking how a car can get in that condition in only 17K miles!
     
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  8. Rifledriver

    Rifledriver Three Time F1 World Champ

    Apr 29, 2004
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    Brian Crall
    #8 Rifledriver, Jul 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
    What happened to the original engine?
     
  9. pietersnodt

    pietersnodt Rookie

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    #9 pietersnodt, Jul 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
    What a job! Well done! Were you able to get another fuel tank?
     

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