What Next For The Unfixable Ferrari? A New Plan For the InfluEnzo [Ferrari 308 GTS]
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- My Ferrari 308 finally goes to it's new home and I reveal a plan to fix it once and for all! There are still engine problems that mean I will probably have to rebuild it again but all is not yet certain, there is also a possibility Ferrari themselves will get involved.
I think it would be more interesting and more fruitful to take the engine out, completely take it apart, analyse all the parts and rebuild with new rings and seals in a nice warm garage. Engine teardowns get very good views.
.....at 52 years old now and remembering watching Magnum as a kid, the 308 has always been a dream car. It’s beautiful and timeless.....sounds great too! 👍🏻
Nice to see the 308 again. Surely the heart of the channel.
@Number 27, can't wait until you get back to your InfluEnzo again. I've been waiting for this moment for a while now. Glad you finally found a new house with a bigger garage. If you own the property next to the garage, you could always expand it into three cars garage.
If the Influenzo was mine, and I had been through as much as you have with it, I wouldn't be able to let it go. I'd sort it and keep it forever.
Back when I was getting my first cars ( mostly bad decisions) there was an old guy down the road with a 308. He did all the work himself in his driveway. He was always enthusiastic about whatever I dragged home. Keep up the great work and enjoy the garage space.
Sounds like a good guy - like you.
Jack. That is THE car that brought me to your channel. So gorgeous. My favourite car of all time. My bro has an anoymous 'looks like every other windtunnel designed fast car McBurger 540c. Boring and soulless IMHO. This 308 is flawed yes, but soooo pretty. Hope you have more issues ( selfish reason only). Then you'll have to keep it and we'll see more of it!!!!! Thanks again for the content!!!
You'll love having all that natural light in the garage. When we built ours my wife suggested adding a couple of skylights and it's amazing what a difference it makes. Another thing you'll learn is that a garage is never big enough!! Cheers, Ian.
I totally agree!! Never big enough!!
There was a 'law' that isn't really a law (a bit like Murphy's law) about space - I can't remember the name of it, but essentially it says that however much space you have (not just in garages) you'll fill whatever is available and then get stuck!
I dunno if you watch Harry's garage, but he's a farmer and has a bloody great barn dedicated to housing his (fairly astonishing) car/motorcycle collection and he has filled that up to the point he has adopted a one-in one-out policy, forcing himself to pick a vehicle that has to go before allowing himself to buy another! So you're quite right, a garage is never big enough - even when it's a barn!
Oh, so sometimes having a wife is good bahah
@@Number27 Does your YT channel name 'Number 27' mean that you have a special affinity for the element 'cobalt'?
Autodidact It was a Porsche thing.
It really is one of the prettiest cars ever made. There really isn't much more that can be said. And, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, that exhaust sounds glorious on full-song! It really needs foam filters to make the most of that Weber induction roar! 😉
No, that was the 360 coupe. 😁
@@davidorama6690 We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. As for later cars, the F355 is far prettier than the 360! Sorry! 😉
@@MrMairu555 are you kidding?! It is maybe the ugliest Ferrari and the exhaust sounds awful!
@@jshep73 I think you may be in the minority there. Are you 14 and think a great car is an Aventador?!
@@MrMairu555 Are you 13 and can't handle a different opinion?
Congrats on the new garage Jack.... err I mean house .... mmmm you know what I mean ;-)
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I've always liked the 308/328 Ferrari ever since seeing one on Magnum P.I. Iv'e watched your journey with this car and it's been informative and entertaining. I love all Italian vehicles, I think they have a distinctive style which is unsurpassed in my opinion. What I've found is that no matter how big or how many garages you have, you'll always find more toys to put in them. Forza Italia, keep up the good work, saluti from Cardiff.
Prior to rebuilding that old engine, you may get a reprieve by investing in, SPARK PLUG NON-FOUL ADAPTERS. These adaptors will largely prevent the plugs from fouling that you're experiencing.
What a journey! I bought a 20 year garaged non running 84 Lotus Esprit. Been over a year, 2 different mechanics and will be double what I expected to pay to get it running. Props to you for doing it yourself! I’ve bought and sold many cars and for sure I saved money when spending more upfront buying a car that was already done versus restoring them.
May your new home and especially your garage bring you better times ahead with the 308 Jack.
I had a BMW323i e30, 2 door and it did this to the spark plugs. I drove it for a while then sold, and to a good house. Watching the influenzo videos i am so glad i did that!
Seeing you taking the engine out would be great to watch, but I definitely understand about being too old. I can only get up and down off the floor so many times before I am just completely wasted.
Good luck in your New House Jack! That bigger garage will make life much more enjoyable for you now👍
Great garage. Working on a car in a single is so much hassle. Hope the new garage brings luck to the InfluEnzo.
If it isn't the top end, it is either failed rings (broken, etc) or scored cylinder walls, perhaps glazed cylinder walls. If it is glazed cylinder walls, I have had great success with Bon Ami Powder Cleanser. Yup, you read that right, In North America, this is a common kitchen cleaner and is a mildly abrasive cleaning powder. You should be able to purchase this or similar in the UK. With the engine running, sprinkle a small amount of powder into each carb. DO NOT allow the engine to stall. Do this for 5-10 minutes, all while the engine is running (expect to put 1/4 cup of powdered Bon Ami down each carb), then use a can of brake clean to flush each carb. DO NOT allow the engine to stall. Once done, shut off the engine and change the oil. After the 1st oil change, run the engine for 10 minutes revving between idle and 2000rpm. Shut off engine and change oil for the 2nd time. Drive the car for 500 miles then change the oil for the 3rd and final time. Hopefully oil consumption has been improved. If not, you have lost nothing except 3 oil changes. 😊
Great to see things on the uo, two car garage, Ferrari factory support!
Fab garage, great to see, and HEAR the 308 again, what a thing to own, lucky lad
So glad to see the 308 back on and like I've said before, love that it's a pain in the backside but looks so lush. Nice to see Ferrari are looking to help now as that is great to hear to keep a classic around 👍
Double garage is a fantastic luxury to have. Makes such a difference to just drive in with space around you. You're going to love it Jack.👍
Hi Jack. Just realised how many of your videos I have watched so you have another subscriber. Great honest content.
Ah thank you buddy!!
That’s a very nice new workshop/garage set up you have there! Congratulations!
Nice to see the Influenzo back, can understand your fatigue with it though. 👍
This is a project that I'm sure Jack, you're so far into that there's no way you'll back out of it until you're done. We've all been there, mate. And to drive it again is a reminder as to why you continue with it. It IS the prettiest Ferrari, imo, since the 250 Lusso for sure. Congrats on the new digs and the big garage! You deserve it. Cheers.
All the plugs? Not just a cylinder or two?
If it is all … what kinda breathing system does it have?
… you are one persistent man. My hats off! Keep going.
Well done on your new garage mate 😃
Good luck in your new place, garage is spot on, plenty of room for a small vehicle lift and shouldn’t take too long to dig a pit! Quick brew before you start obvs. 🥴
Agree, what a cracking garage, love it. First job IMHO, get a piece of carpet screwed to that pillar to protect the drivers door and buy yourself a scissor lift, you will never look back 😎
It's good to see it back on the screen.
Jack, have you performed a pressure test on each cylinder? Pressurising the cylinder causes air to leak through the cause of the problem. If it’s the inlet valves, the air will leak back through the inlet manifold. If it’s the exhaust valves, the air will leak back through the exhaust manifold. If it’s the pistons or rings, the air will leak back through the sump.
The possible actual source of the oil leaking into the cylinders, is the valve guides or seals.
Take up any free offers from Ferrari. Well worth it.
Good luck mate
Great news that Ferrari have reached out - hope that works out - would be great for the car and for the channel. Good luck in the new abode.
First, congrats on the new digs. Not just a double garage, but lots of windows. What a difference that makes to the work environment. Work in progress? Yep! In my case, it took 11 years of regular use before I perfected to layout and organization of my garage. Enjoy the journey. Now, regarding the Influenzo, if you can get diagnostic help, that will mean everything. Doing the work is so much more tolerable once you KNOW you are actually fixing the problem. Cheers from Canada.
Fantastic to hear that Ferrari are willing to help. Hats off to them. On the M539 channel he is restoring an Alpina and alpina refused to help. Bravo Ferrari
Just keep working on that bad boy! Those old Ferrari's deserve to live!
I really love the new double garage Jack. That’s a superb place for the Influenzo. So much more room there for your hobby. I can see you making that a pristine man cave. It would be great if Ferrari could help you out. I think it would be a great PR coup for them. Thanks for your videos. Looking forward to the next one. 👍🏼🚗
Happy new house Jack 🇬🇧🇮🇹👍 wow, that 308 really does sound great
Nice job on new house. Can't wait to see the 308 worked on more
I love your Ferrari videos. I hate that it has given you so much grief, but I have enjoyed watching every episode following your journey. I hope to have time next year to really getting my 328 running. As soon as I got the belts, water pump, and timing right.... the fuel pump failed when trying to start it for the first time. I just threw in the towel and had to focus on work for the last 6 months.
So glad your enthused again … really hoping that Ferrari will offer some help. I really like the way porsche are committed to supporting older models.
it can only be the valve stem seals, blow-by due to worn piston rings or blocked crankcase breather. check all the crankcase breather vents/hoses
If it was the rings then I'd honestly expect the car to be blowing smoke under load. Also it would lack power and a compression test would pick up the problem.. Smokey at idle screams that high vacuum is pulling oil in around the valve stems or through a breather. The valve stem seals in this car are new but they might have sat on the shelf too long and gone hard. I'd be trying valve stem seal conditioner and also checking (or disconnecting) breather hoses just as you say.
Even with you trials and tribulations, you brought me back to my youth. I simply can’t get what I want in any new “exotic”. I’m not sure how paddle shifters ever happened. Driving a 308 with a clutch and gated shifter is the pure experience. Off to find my 308. Cheers!
Congrats on the new garage, which also came with a house attached😁 seriously best wishes with your new home. Re the garage, I've seen a video where a guy installed a small siscorrs (sp?) lift buried in the floor so it took up no space when not in use.
It really is a gorgeous car. And that is one of the reasons why it is so special. Congrats on the house and the larger work area (haha)!
Don't remind him!! He'll only try doing a second - even simultaneous? - rebuild!!!
Good to see you, Jack! Cant wait to see the ... rebuild? Take care!
That garage looks the business! Sheltered and warm for wintertime tinkering, can't think of anything better... Except driving of course.
Everything aside, that car looks Sooooo good!. Especially with the Targa roof off!.👍💞💞💞
Congratulations on the new house. Hope the process wasn't too painful. Keep on with the fezza, the wins seem to be outweighing the fails.
What a garage. Envy. Perfect. 308 looks fabulous too.
Jack congratulations on finding a house with a great garage/workshop a suggestion on the bench look for used pallet racking I’ve made a bench out of some for £90 6m L x 900mm W cut to size with angle grinder top made from scaffold boards then covered with 2 mm metal sheet works well put it under the windows saves money on electricity and natural light is the best
The prancing horse is a lovely project the proper colour I’d use the offer of Ferrari because they will have encountered this before so they know where to look and signs that you may miss have you found the kettle and most important the toilet essentials great vid stay safe 👍👨🏻🏭
Love the 308! Waiting for my GME money to buy one of these and slowly rebuild it
Glad to see the influenzo has got a new home and Ferrari are interested in making her Sing again
Congrats Jack lad, wonderful garage you now have! Cheers indeed🥂
Well done Jack, good to see you so cheerful garage awesome mate , and with the Ferrari in it ; perfect 👍
I’d love a double garage! Or even one that doesn’t have 3 bikes and piles of kids stuff in despite the fact the don’t live here anymore 😀.
I’d let Ferrari have a look then decide. I think it’s going to benefit from an engine out check over anyway. Do all the odd jobs and future proof it.
Pretty car with a lot invested in it.
Finish it Jack!! 👍🏼
As a child Paul Daniels used to drive past my nan's house in Buckinghamshire in one with the MAG1C plate on it, only time I saw one other than on Magnum. Think you could do with a magic trick right now! Well done on the perseverance but does make a good story and like you say you can forgive it for those looks
Ah one of the worst things to do when you're on the fence is to drive the car. It's caused me to fall in love way too many times. Wouldn't have it any other way! Enjoy the new home and nice large garage!
The other cars are kinda a distraction. The thing about the Ferrari is we know it’s mind bogglingly difficult car to get running properly and keep running properly and the fact you do it yourself , that’s why I watch. I’m here for you and the Ferrari. That puts you in a special league. I’d watch any video on you and that Ferrari. I watch the other videos but I wait for the Ferrari.
check all the blowby system breather hoses/vents. probably blocked or kinked
Another great video, I know you add oil to two strokes per thankful of fuel but a set of plugs to two tanks of fuel is a new one. Looking forward to resolving this cheers.
Love the new garage Jack, looks great.
Hopefully you’ll get that engine out (I think it has to come out now), on the bench and sorted for good.
Can't wait to hear updates on the InfluEnzo. I am hoping you do a series on rebuilding the engine yourself.
Nice video Jack, good luck with the influenzo , it definitely deserves another engine surgery, The new garage looks great, makes things easier when you have more room, 👍👍.
Hello again Jack from Florida! Congratulations on your new garage! That must be such a welcome change from your last tiny one!
Not that working on mid engine cars is easy (I own a JDM Honda Beat) but at least having the extra room will help.
Keep up the great work! Cheers! 😊
You will be much more comfortable working on cars through the winter in your new, well lit garage. Good luck. Remember to leave the 300CE as it is!!!
A double garage, a pretty-car, what more could a man ask for. I love your videos. Thank you.
Thank you Neil!!
Great to hear the Ferrari V8 again. And glad to see it making you smile. The new garage will be a dream to work in...change your life. My one thought is that I just don't remember you ever talking about Influenzo burning oil until after all the work with the head(s). Certainly some piston rings could have died...but I would think you would see a gradual increase in oil consumption. I still suspect the valve job since that seem to immediately precede the oil burning. An engine out tear down seems extreme barring any definitive diagnosis. And it will be expensive entertainment. Do you have compression tests from before and after the head work?
It's worth keeping onto Jack, sort it out fully. I'd be happy just to have it in my garage to look at without driving it, beautiful.
What a beauty that car is, it's timeless. I can even tell via the videos that the drive is truly visceral. I think that will add up to make this long and painful journey well worth it.
Congrats on the double garage it shows you really love the influenza I think you will get it sorted
Loving the new garage Jack! Looks a million times better. Probably best you don't put Fred in there, you might lose him :)
Congrats on your new place! You will love it! For the record, that is a large-ish one-car garage, not a two-car garage. Plan and decorate and use accordingly. 😁👍
Jack, there isn’t a bad angle on that car, I guess that’s why you can forgive it.. you pretty much know it inside out now!
Great garage with plenty of space at last. Good luck!
Garage looks good mate!
Congratulations on you’re new home Jack! Yeah the Influenzo is a great looking car no argument with that! Hopefully you’ll get the Influenzo sorted im sure you will Jack, The garage looks great so Happy for you buddy 😀
Nice bit of space, plenty of room to expand out the back and side! 😝
It makes such a difference having a double garage. Don’t give up on it, if the tomato can be rescued god alone knows the Influenzo MUST be
Jack congratulations on the new home,many blessings
I hope u fix that little red influenzo in the new garage,tear that engine apart and rebuild it and give some new life,and power
Great video Jack, lovely to see the 308 back on the Chanel.
I'm really glad that you're persisting in your DIY efforts on it. Great content. It's become something of a saga, and one that I find quite compelling. I'm sure you'll be over the moon when finally it's sorted.
When you have a car you really appreciate the cost and work to keep it on the road it well worth it! This is your hobby Jack and all hobbies cost money. You are also dealing with a 40 year old car. If you do rebuild the bottom end that is one less thing you have to worry about. Cheers, Ian. But not the Ian below:)
Stick with it kid, & congrats on the new space.
ALL Ferraris just have that 'something special, beyond normal great cars.' No more so, than when you've put all that effort in.
I don't have the technical know how to do mine, but I'll throw all the money I (reasonably have) to keep driving it for every extra mile I can.
Great channel.
With all that you've gone through with the Influenzo, it might be worth the while to get some snake oil. Just rub it gently on the tyres. And then of course, a Flux Capacitor as well!
As always, best greetings from Sweden.
Congrats on the new house and looking forward to seeing more of the work you do!
Congrats on the new place! You must be chuffed. Good on ya!
I know you want it to be something else (I did too with my Alfa back in the 90’s), but it’s going to be the rings. If it was the valves/guides you’d get loads of blue smoke on a cold start due to oil slowly leaking down past the guides into the intake runners and chambers over night. Another test for guides is to run it up to 7000rpm in 2nd, let off the throttle and let it wind down 2000rpm, then pin the throttle and look out the rear window. If it looks like a Bond style smoke screen it’s the guides, which it won’t be. Sorry, I know it’s not something you want to hear…
WOW! a garage, fantastic, somewhere to work on the 'InfluEnzo' excellent
Well done Jack. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||I've kept my 308 30 years. Still a wrench to think of it going.
congrats with the new garage! looks good! :D
Love your new garage loads of natural light and looks like a good size. Love the Influenzo and hope the oil issues can be sorted out. Good luck with the cars and the new home.
We always forgive the foibles of the pretty ones! Glad a drive has reignited the passion. Sometimes when my Citroën 2CV sits in the garage too long, I start thinking about selling it. Then I take it out for a good drive, and that promptly dispells such notions.
I had a 78, 308, Spider and really miss her. It was a great car. I had a 348, and a 1999 Modena and their all different. The 308, I was its 3rd owner but I owned it for 12 years and still miss her very much. Hold on if you can & if you get help from Ferrari that’s even better.
oil control rings arent supposed to prevent oil going up into the combustion chamber, they are for pulling oil up with the piston to coat the cylinder walls. the compression rings prevent the oil getting to the combustion chamber
I’ve heard contradicting views on that though looking at the design it would definitely make sense
@@Number27 yes, oil gets trapped within the corrugated 'cells' and drawn upwards, coating the walls as the piston goes up. each time the piston gets to bottom dead centre, the cells are replenished with oil (from the inside, thats why there are little holes in the oil control ring slot, they are for oil to pass through)
@@Gruxxan Correct, also basically over time and use, and a couple of possible overheating events, the rings lose tension, oil scraper and so forth...Looks like its time for a freshen up.....
I always understood oil was sprayed onto the cylinder walls.
Hello Jack, I am so pleased to hear that Ferrari is interested in your car. Thats very classy of them and it shows that they respect their owners regardless of the model-year of the car. I hope it all goes well and of course.........I love your videos. Thanks Mate.
Now that’s a good size garage! Great to hear ferrari might assist you too.
Great new garage with room to work!
The best looking Ferrari IMO please keep it. Sounds great too.
Might I suggest watching the last few videos of Normal Guy Super Car as Dan et Al strip and fully rebuild a 355 engine? (Though you probably have been doing so already!)