4.7 engine

[Zep]

Epidemic- a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease (lunched engines) in a community at a particular time.

To be an epidemic surely it would need to impact a large proportion of the population in a short period. 2 broken engines, while sad, doesn’t represent a significant proportion of the population.

I’ll not rush around panicking and wringing my hands just yet.

 

[Wattie]

To be an epidemic surely it would need to impact a large proportion of the population in a short period. 2 broken engines, while sad, doesn’t represent a significant proportion of the population.

I’ll not rush around panicking and wringing my hands just yet.

Of course it would Zep.
Just kidding.....it’s more if an inflammation

 

[elan]

I am curious to see what age and mileage was the car?

 

[marios kriticos]

One of the cars is a 2011 and has done 14k and the other one is a 2014 and done 32k

 

[Sam McGoo]

I often wondered with prestige cars (like ours) whether there are more failures than we realise. I hope not. I hope that they are as strong as we think.
But would an average owner of a car like this advertise the fact if it did fail? Or just get it sorted quietly in fear of it impacting re-sale?
I assume those cars still in the MD network would all be sorted quietly, so maybe now the cars are getting older and more people use independents we will hear about more of this sort of thing.

I've always used clubs and forums prior to any car purchase in order to learn about them and they're strengths and weaknesses. So I was very happy to read very little in the way of major issues with the Granturismo in the years prior to me getting one.

It would be very interesting if all that worked them shared their experiences of how many engine failures they have seen in the 12 years they've been on the road! I suspect there's not a lot, but quite a few more than we've heard about.

 

[Wattie]

One of the cars is a 2011 and has done 14k and the other one is a 2014 and done 32k

Just proves low mileage cars are over rated.
OMG!

 

[philw696]

Both my 4200 dry dumped engines went over a 100,000 miles.

 

[marios kriticos]

Phil ,
I have a couple of customers wit Gransport's that on has done 130k and the other one 164k , and they drive and sound as new .
The difference is this cars get serviced once a year .
Personally I thing on the new cars should at list have an oil service every year relevant of mileage.

Most of the people don't even open there Bonnet between services and when the cars have a problem they blame the manufacturers.

 

[Spartacus]

4200s get faster as the milage goes up .

 

[safrane]

4200s get faster as the milage goes up .

You misses out 'depreciate' in that statement Sparts.

 

[CatmanV2]

You misses out 'deprecate' in that statement Sparts.

You mis-spelled 'depreciate'

C

 

[philw696]

4200s get faster as the milage goes up .

Totally agree with you there.
Having had two both go over the 100,000 mark and driven the low mileage examples when working at the Dealership I know mine were quicker.
Sold both of mine easy enough and made a nice profit on the Project 4200 after 4 years of ownership in NZ too.

 

[Gp79]

Interesting thread, as Mario said an annual oil change and letting the car warm up before using full power is the key.

That engine must have made some very strange noises before it failed completely.

 

[philw696]

Interesting thread, as Mario said an annual oil change and letting the car warm up before using full power is the key.

That engine must have made some very strange noises before it failed completely.

Exactly driving it to destruction is beyond me.
In all my years Rally driving I never blew an engine up and more often than not drove to and from events.

 

[zagatoes30]

Interesting thread, as Mario said an annual oil change and letting the car warm up before using full power is the key.

This is what I was told by my Dad and have followed it to this day. The SZ and Giulietta have had years where the engine oil has done less than 1000 miles but both it and filter still get changed yearly

 

[Wanderer]

I do mine every six months, and never do mental revs until I'm on 90c on the temp gauge.....

 

[Gp79]

This is what I was told by my Dad and have followed it to this day. The SZ and Giulietta have had years where the engine oil has done less than 1000 miles but both it and filter still get changed yearly

well worth it if you want to keep both a long time.
I even change the gearbox oil and clean the filter every year on my GS, despite small annual mileages.
I’d rather change the oil and filters rather than a gearbox or engine

 

[pjondeck]

I broke a valve spring in my 2005 4200 with 40k miles. $6000 plus Aussie to replace the spring. No other damage. No one at the Australian Maserati/Ferrari dealerships had ever heard of that happening!


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[Sam McGoo]

Phil ,
I have a couple of customers wit Gransport's that on has done 130k and the other one 164k , and they drive and sound as new .
The difference is this cars get serviced once a year .
Personally I thing on the new cars should at list have an oil service every year relevant of mileage.

I think 2 year servicing on a lot of cars is a big problem. The manufacturers don't care as its a good selling point, and by the time its a problem they're out of warranty anyway.
I will always at least change fluids annually.

Most of the people don't even open there Bonnet between services and when the cars have a problem they blame the manufacturers.

And that is a big problem with cars like ours. Without being offensive to anyone, the typical purchaser of a brand new Maserati, I imagine, would be an educated gentleman, probably a businessman etc, and has a fair bit of cash.....probably not of a practical/mechanical mind, and even if they are, probably doesn't have the time or inclination to maintain or even check their car on a regular basis, and possibly not notice if something isn't quite right, and carry on driving regardless.

PS. the generalisation above excludes most on here. As if you are a member on here you are at least a petrol head and have a passion for the cars, so would most probably be more sympathetic with your pride and joy.

 

[PrestigeAutoworks]

In the years of working for Maserati etc, i have never in my life ever seen this (Apart from Diesel Ghiblis) Ive only changed one 4.7 and that was due to a little tap, ended up pulling the solenoid valve out of the head and finding tons of swarf. Maserati changed straight away, Less than 30 miles on the clock on it. Freshly PDI'd. Must have been an error on the production line.