Some brotherhood help needed - 348 noise

Hi folks, I'm feeling good because my 348 brotherhood T-shirt arrived all the way from the US yesterday!!! I'm feeling bad because I've had a run of bad issues with the old girl and I still have issues....

So, she went in for its interim service in Jan. I knew the cam seals were weeping so I asked them to take a look. They were so bad, they recommended sorting it (with engine out). This is the 2nd time the engine has been out in 12 months. Anyhow, I bit the bullet and asked them while they were at it to complete a full belt change (again). I also knew the rear wheel bearing (drivers side) needed doing as there was play and a rumbling noise. Anyhow, I was in no rush as the weather has been bad so they took their time. Car came back in March and there were some issues - poor running, hesitation and cutting out - also major loss of power before it cut out. I didn't panic and did the relearn process by unplugging the battery and letting it idle for a 15 minutes. Anyway the power loss issue and rough running seemed ok. BUT on turning hard left, there is a grinding noise - sounds pretty bad. So it went back to the specialist and they have had it for another month. Trouble is they cant get it to do it and they cannot find any issues. I collected it on Friday and its still doing it. So I'm coming to the brotherhood to see if anyone knows what it is. Here is a link to the video. The grinding noise can be heard at 7-8 seconds, 15-16 seconds and 20-21 seconds. It happens when turning hard left....

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Fair point, but it didn't do it at all at the place when I picked it up until I got onto the motorway and got stuck in bank holiday traffic. I had to get back home in time for family stuff so couldn't go back again.

 

Apologies on the vid - should now be fixed!

Wheel nuts tight, all looks good - everything in place. On the rough running it seems to idle ok, but I haven't really had a proper drive since the ecu reset because I'm concerned about this noise and want to identify what it is before I drive it any further.

 

Thanks - I'll take a look and see if that could be the issue.

 

Handbrake good Jeff.

Had wheels off ground, can't her anything, but under no real load driving in a straight line it's fine, it only makes the noise when you load up the offside rear by turning sharp left. With the wheels off the ground, I can't replicate the load during a left turn...

Very odd and hard to diagnose.

 

Some good advice thanks guys. Dave I may very we'll take you up on your offer sir - troubleshooting on your own without someone to confirm things/thoughts can be difficult when trying to find the root cause of an issue!

 

Not much of an update I'm afraid. Troubleshooting is difficult, the noise only happens under load turning left on full lock. Identifying where the noise is coming from is impossible. On the ramp everything looks fine, run the car with rear wheels in the air - no noise at all. One cv boot looked like it had leaked at some point so we agreed (mechanic and me) that they would get the axle out and replace the cv boots and check for wear.

No wear found, CV boots replaced, noise still there :-( .

Really beginning to get depressed, summer is passing by - I had the 2nd major done in 2 years in January due to leaking cam seals (they were replaced in Jan 2013 as part of a major service but started leaking in December 2013).
She is now waiting to go back in the workshop.

Like most, I don't have endless funds and it feels like I'm just systematically replacing everything on this car! At least I'm taking every opportunity to use Hills components! The 348 is my dream ferrari - before I managed to save up for it, if I had won the lottery, the first car I would have purchased would be a 348..had a photo of one above my bed when growing up.

Hopefully, I have just been unlucky...