Chenders
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Hi new member here with 2 problems - all suggestions gratefully received thank you.
Purchased a 2011 Grancabrio here in the UK with very low mileage - 11,000 miles. One previous lady owner who in some years did less than 500 miles in total and in one year did no mileage at all - so a lot of standing around being unused for extended periods and a patchy service record. The car was delivered to me on a trailer with an almost empty fuel tank.
The problems:
1. An occasional and very dangerous issue whilst the car is being driven - occasionally it fails to respond to the accelerator pedal. This normally happens when driving around town at speeds of less than 30 mph. I respond by pressing down ******* the accelerator but there is no response. The revs drop right down but the engine does not stall and no warning lights appear on the dashboard. I have to pull over to the side of the road. Then when I floor the accelerator aggressively whilst in neutral I do get a response and can then drive off normally It has happened 3 times on an 8 mile journey and has been an intermittent fault since. The car has of course had a PPI and a full service following purchase.
I suggested to my Maserati service centre that given the age of the car, coupled with its very low mileage /standing around being unused for extended periods, there might be a problem with deposits in the fuel tank. The car has never had E10 fuel put into it. On filling the fuel tank and adding Redex petrol system cleaner to clean the injectors the issue went away for a while but reappeared when the tank was just under a quarter full. Coincidence? My Maserati garage contact cast doubt over this suggestion but I wanted to put it to this forum. If readers of the forum agree it may well be a problem from old petrol standing in the tank for extended periods throwing a deposit what is the remedy please? Does the tank require cleaning out and how is this best achieved please?
2. The second problem is that my boot is leaking really badly and I end up with several litres of water underneath the boot and in the spare wheel well in the boot. My Maserati garage have said this is not an uncommon problem. But the boot seals look to be in excellent condition so I wonder how the water is getting in? The garage drained it but it's back. Is this indeed a common problem and if so what is the remedy please?
Many thanks!
Chenders
Purchased a 2011 Grancabrio here in the UK with very low mileage - 11,000 miles. One previous lady owner who in some years did less than 500 miles in total and in one year did no mileage at all - so a lot of standing around being unused for extended periods and a patchy service record. The car was delivered to me on a trailer with an almost empty fuel tank.
The problems:
1. An occasional and very dangerous issue whilst the car is being driven - occasionally it fails to respond to the accelerator pedal. This normally happens when driving around town at speeds of less than 30 mph. I respond by pressing down ******* the accelerator but there is no response. The revs drop right down but the engine does not stall and no warning lights appear on the dashboard. I have to pull over to the side of the road. Then when I floor the accelerator aggressively whilst in neutral I do get a response and can then drive off normally It has happened 3 times on an 8 mile journey and has been an intermittent fault since. The car has of course had a PPI and a full service following purchase.
I suggested to my Maserati service centre that given the age of the car, coupled with its very low mileage /standing around being unused for extended periods, there might be a problem with deposits in the fuel tank. The car has never had E10 fuel put into it. On filling the fuel tank and adding Redex petrol system cleaner to clean the injectors the issue went away for a while but reappeared when the tank was just under a quarter full. Coincidence? My Maserati garage contact cast doubt over this suggestion but I wanted to put it to this forum. If readers of the forum agree it may well be a problem from old petrol standing in the tank for extended periods throwing a deposit what is the remedy please? Does the tank require cleaning out and how is this best achieved please?
2. The second problem is that my boot is leaking really badly and I end up with several litres of water underneath the boot and in the spare wheel well in the boot. My Maserati garage have said this is not an uncommon problem. But the boot seals look to be in excellent condition so I wonder how the water is getting in? The garage drained it but it's back. Is this indeed a common problem and if so what is the remedy please?
Many thanks!
Chenders