Only had my 360 for a short time and whilst I love it I just have a few questions. The tick over is 1000rpm, is this high? Oil pressure gets up to three quarters on the scale (about 130kgm) I've spoken to the dealer - Ferrari main agent - who says this is normal. One other point, I started the car on Sunday after 4 weeks of inaction and it only fired on 7 cylinders, I drove it for about a mile expecting cylinder eight to catch but returned home with it still on seven pots. I was mindful of pumping fuel onto the cats. Once home I took a look under the engine cover but nothing obvious, was about to take the coil packs off one by one to check the plugs but decided to try and start it again, fired up on all eight straight away! Was it just sitting idle for too long or is there any preventative action I can take? On a more positive note, this is my first Ferrari and it's everything I hoped for, if I can figure out how to do it I'll post some pictures if anyone is interested. Mav
Enjoy Its possible the battery was low (trickle charge is sensible for a month non-use) and/or you did not wait for 'check ok' before starting Correct idle is +/- 1050
Congrats. These are fun cars. I think all 360's have alzheimers. They seem to forget settings, maybe it's just my car. After my car has been sitting for a week or more, it has a rough idle on turn-over for a few seconds and then it settles out at 1K. If I start it regularly, startup is fine. My dealer says that if you notice if starting rough, turn it off and restart. The drivers window has an advanced case of Alzheimers. Sometimes it remebers how to close all the way when i close the door, other times it doesn't (even after the reset procedure). I think it's mocking me.
Coil packs are known to just go and may not even throw a code. See if the loss of the pack corrects at higher RPMs. Mine had a couple that at low RPMs did not fire btu at high RPMS did. You may just have to take the plugs out, replace all of them and then replace the packs on the cylinders that have a different ash color to them if you can't get a reading on your OBD2 scanner suggesting which ones are failing. Could also be the gaskets on the intake manifold where it meets the block letting in extra air and throwing off combustion. Once you sort it ... it'll be divine! And congrats on the purchase!
Thanks guys, The general consensus seems to be it's the normal Italian trait for these cars. I'll just enjoy her. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This was mentioned in an earlier post, but not emphasized. It is absolutely necessary to wait for the ECU self check before you start your car. If you fire it up before you get the OK light, it is likely to run in a funny way. It's an easy thing for a new 360 owner to overlook. Guess how I know.
I had the exact same question. I don't remember seeing the warning sign on the dashboard 'one cylinder missing-in-action''. Lol.
If you start a "new owner" thread without posting any pictures, the car will be jealous and punish you by running on seven cylinders for awhile.
Ah, "tick over", haven't heard that term for many years. When I first came to the US I purchased a 76 MGB. You wouldn't believe the problems I had at the auto parts store. 'You want a gasket for a rocker box cover -- what on earth is that'? Alan
I think I am right in saying that if the cylinder does not ignite properly, the ECU on a 360 will detect and stop the flow of petrol to that pot thus eliminating bore wash and problems with unburnt fuel in the cats. Might be the battery but more likely a dicky coil pack. New here as well - although I have been lurking and watching for, well, a few years lol. Will post some pics of my 360 soon, just waiting for a friend of mine who is a very good amateur photographer to send me the DVD of 180 or so pics he took of the car at the weekend.
If the car is running on less than 8 cylinders you'll hear it and feel it straight away. It'll actually rattle you and judder the car as you sit at traffic lights. Only problem I can see is if you buy the car like it and think thats normal although 99% of the time you'll get a misfire code and cel.
