4.7 engine

[azapa]

A lot of exotic engine damage I have seen has been traced to cold high revs. Probably in garage forcourts and Asdas etc.

Cold engine, oil thick and not distributed: wellie it to redline to impress mates...

 

[jw38]

The provisional wing of Greta Thunberg has claimed responsibility....

C

I agree! Makes a lovely Christmas card.

 

[Gazcw]

Slogan competition....View attachment 62729

New Christmas hymn?

Silent engine, holey engine!
All is calm, all shite.
Round yon Marios, can he fix it?
Holey engine is it knackered?
Sleep in fits of worry,
Sleep in fits of pain.

Silent engine, holey engine!
Owners quake at the sight.
Glories stream from indies afar
Heavenly SM posts sing Alleluia,
Marios the savior is born!
Marios the savior is born.

Silent engine, holey engine!
How much to repair this piece of shite?
Radiant beams from calculating the bill,
Marios and team will have a thrill.
Jesus Christ I'm broke,
Jesus Christ I'm broke.

 

[ChrisQP09]

The provisional wing of Greta Thunberg has claimed responsibility....

C

 

[Zep]

Slogan competition....View attachment 62729

Lost engine part looks baffled.

 

[Felonious Crud]

You should use that last shot as the front of your Xmas cards with some sort of slogan...when it all goes wrong, we are here to help...or words to that effect.

haha! Happy Christmess!

 

[Wanderer]

Piston broke?

Aye, and it's only five o'clock, hic......

 

[2b1ask1]

Not since ‘Top Gear’ has a Maserati engine self destructed so comprehensively....

 

[D Walker]

Piston broke?

Been to a bar with that name...........somewhere......

 

[azapa]

Not since ‘Top Gear’ has a Maserati engine self destructed so comprehensively....

I'd like to see that episode! Link?

 

[Zep]

I'd like to see that episode! Link?

 

[Ewan]

My first 944S dropped a valve on start up one morning. Lunched the engine at 0 mph while in neutral, so didn‘t even have any fun doing it.

Kept the car, and slotted in a bigger, newer and more powerful engine from a 944S2. So at least I ended up with an upgrade, all be it an expensive and unplanned one.

Try searching engine problems on a Porsche forum and you’ll be reading the messages for weeks. Which is why we all drive strong-as-a-bull Maserati’s, not chocolate teapot 911’s.

 

[Wattie]

Warranty company has asked us to strip fully in order to decide what failed

Gotcha, another silly question.
Given the severity of this and expense, do Maserati ever offer some 'goodwill or ex gratia' assistance to an owner in this situation if they are approached- if the owner wasn't at fault?

 

[Lozzer]

Gotcha, another silly question.
Given the severity of this and expense, do Maserati ever offer some 'goodwill or ex gratia' assistance to an owner in this situation if they are approached- if the owner wasn't at fault?

Just a wild stab in the dark here....I would guess not..

 

[philw696]

Having worked for them I can tell you it's a Big No.

 

[azapa]

That was fun until the poor Meraks bottom end started thumping

 

[conaero]

That was fun until the poor Meraks bottom end started thumping

Most normal people would have stopped driving it when the oil light came on, alas Clarkson not and all for laughs.

If it was his own car I’m sure it would have been a different matter.

 

[zagatoes30]

The Great Escape

 

[Wattie]

Well this morning got in another 4.7 Granturismo coming in from London with engine failure
I will forward photos once and we remove the engine on this one .

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

 

[Gazcw]

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Looks like she needs some fibre in her diet!