suspension issue...
suspension issue...
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456GD

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568 posts

223 months

Saturday 4th December 2010
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On my 15Y old 456, I had the suspension light flashing for a while, so took it to a specialist who found the fault, got it serviced at Bilstein and changed a faulty regulator. That worked for 50 miles and after that the suspension light on the dashboard is switched on again. Notified the engineer and he suggested that might be the cold weather/moisture and potentially the fact that the others where idling for a while and that I shouldn’t be concerned.

Question: Is it common for the Ferraris of that age to have these gremlins? How are you guys managing these issues?

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

248 months

Saturday 4th December 2010
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It's common of all low volume cars to have this sort of issue . . . . . . and there’s an argument to say that all 15 year old cars have these sorts of problems smile

As for resolving and managing it, one way to keep the electrical gremlins at bay, is to use a contact enhancer like Stabliant 22a, just disconnect the electrical connectors and brush a thin coating of stabiliant onto the mating surface, re-connect and hey presto the number of electrical issues drops . . . . . well worth spending a few hours in the garage, going through all the connections smile

456GD

Original Poster:

568 posts

223 months

Saturday 4th December 2010
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Many thanks Andrew, I will order a bottle and see what i can do as I've got limited knowledge of auto electrics. Hopefully will straight things out.

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

248 months

Saturday 4th December 2010
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456GD said:
Many thanks Andrew, I will order a bottle and see what i can do as I've got limited knowledge of auto electrics. Hopefully will straight things out.
If you cant find any in the UK, pm me as I've got a few half used bottles smile