[Mitchel Starck]

#744564 Reply |

Finally bit the bullet and bought a 2009 California a few weeks ago from a seller in Dubai and I’ve been grinning like an idiot every time I fire it up and hear that flat plane crank do its thing, but I’m also reading way too many forum threads at 1am about F1 pump failures and clutch position sensor gremlins and accumulator issues that seem to strike without warning and leave you stranded with a gearbox that refuses to select reverse, which is a special kind of panic I’d rather not experience while trying to parallel park at Al Qasba on a busy Thursday night. The car shifts beautifully right now and the previous owner had the clutch replaced about eight thousand kilometers ago so that’s one less thing to worry about, but the pump primes for a solid five seconds on a cold start which some say is normal and others say is a sign the accumulator is on its way out and honestly I just want someone who actually knows these F1 systems to give it a proper once over and tell me if I should be budgeting for a new pump motor or if I can just enjoy the car for a while before the inevitable service. I found some mentions of Ferrari Transmission Repair Experts Sharjah while searching around and it got me curious if there’s actually a shop out this way that can do the SD3 diagnostics and bleed the F1 system correctly without needing to ship the car to some specialist in Dubai, because I’d love to have a local go to spot for the little things that pop up with these cars without making a whole day trip out of it every time the gearbox acts a bit moody. Anyone out there running an F1 car in this climate who’s found a trustworthy place for the routine actuator adjustments and fluid changes, or am I just going to have to learn how to do the clutch self calibration myself with a laptop and a prayer.

[Author]

Posts