[Tifosi]

Well, I finally picked up my "new" 308 this weekend! Finally my first Ferrari! Drove it home, and nearly made it all the way, made it 850 miles out of the 1100, but found that it had a gasoline leak. Was able to get it to a garage and up in the air high enough to check it out in greater detail, found that after tightening the pump inlet hose clamp and checking the other fittings, that he pump itself was leaking, not a lot but more than I wanted to even attempt to drive it. The last thing I needed was burn my new Ferrari to the ground! I have a new pump on order, should be able to replace it this weekend. Now for my questions, is this a common failure? The pump doesn't seem to be very heavy duty, or that special for that matter, what brand is it? What pressure does it run at? Is there any other "common" pump that would cross up with it? And last, any tips on the replacement work? Thanks much

 

[Tifosi]

Well the pump is changed and the leak is gone, which is great, but now the car is hard to start when warm, not so great... I know the PO had the accumulator changed not more than 6-8 months ago, so I don't think that that is the problem. Could it be due to the "tuning" of the FI system? The filters have not been replaced, so maybe the process of changing the pump and the new pump it self has caused the filters to clog up a bit??? I really don't know because once it is started it runs great, so I'm a bit confused by it all. I had a FI'ed Porsche with a similar Bosch FI system and it was a real pain to tune/set, it also had warm starting issues, but with enough fiddling around with the FI I seem to have made it better. Any help with warm-starting fixes would be great, Thanks again...

BTW I'm going to to attempt to post a picture of her in the Garage Formum for you all to check out - Thanks...