Need to locate paint code & strange beep

i have heard that same long beep a couple times. i think it is a clutch overheating warning tone. i had the same thing a few times on my modenas also. i'm going to ask my dealer, but i don't think it's serious. but ask your dealer to make sure.

 

That's definitely where you find the paint code. My F dealer is an hour away, so my local Lambo dealer mixed me a small bottle of touch-up paint from the code number and it is a perfect match. Can't imagine why your guy is having any trouble.

Gary

 

That's the clutch overheat warning. I think it advisable to put the car in neutral while sitting. People will argue it but I think it wise. F1's don't like sitting around.

 

if you are idling and standing still with your foot on the brake the F1 system handles the clutch the same way. in this situation it doesn't make any difference to the clutch (or throw out bearing) if the car is in gear or in neutral. i think that the reason the clutch heats up in bumper to bumper traffic is the constant slow starts and stops. but if you are sitting at a traffic light there is no advantage to putting the system in neutral.

 

if you are in gear for >10min the F1 will beep and shift into N same if you release the brake pedal for > 4 sec

my CS had an apparently common condition new from Factory that the clutch would slip even if it was open - I did not recognize it since I always go in neutral short before I stop - the service manager found out that it would ever so slightly engage when he brought the car in - I would check with your dealer if you think the clutch overheating warning was on; they can check (the TCU it records the time period of the clutch overheating situation)

 

I do, it can't hurt. It's similar to sitting with the clutch in on a manual, why not just put it in neutral? If there is even the slightest advantage to doing something that will preserve the clutch, I'm all for it

 

well...actually this is not true in a 360 F1 system. the 355 F1 system was different so this may have helped reduced wear on the throw out bearing on a 355F1. but not on a 360 F1. when you are sitting at a stop light with the car idling and your foot on the brake the state of the clutch and throwout bearing is the same weather you put the car in neutral or leave it in 1st gear. this is definitely counter-intuitive, but it's true. you'd think that if you popped the F1 in neutral at a stop light that it would disengage the clutch, but it doesn't. so there is no advantage in doing this. the only thing that gets a bit more wear is the throw out bearing not the clutch. and from what the mechanics have said is that the additional wear is minimal.

one of the ferrari mechanics on this forum posted a fairly detailed explanation of this topic a few months ago. i'll poke around and post the link if i can find it

 

here's a discussion on this topic

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26420&page=2&pp