urbanmaser
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Has anyone had this done on their 4200 or Gransport either with a main dealer or indie and how much did it cost??????
Has anyone had this done on their 4200 or Gransport either with a main dealer or indie and how much did it cost??????
Urby,
The costs of parts alone (Lambda sensors plus carbon cannister) amounts to a figure around £550. It is hard to see how the balance for fitting can reasonably total £1200. I am willing to bet that Maserati Independants will quote a good deal less for this work. For my part I decided to replace the sensors and cannister thus keeping to the Maserati service schedule. I was comforted by the fact that these items do not normally need replacing for several years and many thousands of miles.
Regards,
Paul
Benny
As I understand it the carbon cannister provides an environmental and to a lesser extent a fuel economy function. It does this by capturing vapours from the petrol tank (at the end of a journey when when the engine is switched off) thus preventing them from escaping into the atmosphere. The stored the fumes are then recycled back to the fuel tank or engine intake for combustion as required. The cannister itself is suprisingly bulky..... About the size of an A4 box file.
Paul, thanks for the details. Anything that helps fuel economy is worth having!
Not when it costs £1200
Not when it costs £1200
To be fair to HR Owen they did say it was only an advisory thing from Maserati and in their opinion don't bother till it becomes a problem especuially on a car thats only done 12,000 miles