All the problems 3200

[3200_Josh]

Afternoon all,

I bought my 3200 2 years ago now, no real history with it but it was a steal and I love the car. It gets run up occasionally but no mega issue...that was until 12 months ago to date!
I'll start with the EML light making sporadic appearances which I hear is basically fun and games with the 3200 so no issues there. Then it decided to stay on, along with the error light and a subtle hunting from the engine now. About a month ago I took it out for a spin and at high RMP it splutters fairly dramatically. This is inder load and when the car is static. Last weekend I borrowed a snap-on diag tool and bought the 3pin adapter which the dish tool didn't recognise the car! A quick look under the bonnet in the dark and a friend of mine noticed a subtle arcing/sparking from the centre down by the oil filter while the engines revved high. BUT while I went to inspect this the water hose into the thermostat catastrophically failed in my face! Haha, all fun and games really. So as I sat there a boiled sticky mess listening to my engine cook itself to death I hit a brick wall as to where to turn next.

Long story short can anyone help or does anyone have any ideas what smcould be wrong?

Thanks,

 

[allandwf]

If it's 3pin then pre 2001. Mine is a 2001 car and all hoses are needing replaced soon, I would think just a perished hose, let go before stat opened. A bit of a gamble lack of history and cheap. Hopefully you have something put by for contingency.

 

[alfatwo]

Just for now I'd just replace the stat and hose fill it with water, start it up and see what happens..

Dave

 

[3200_Josh]

Thanks guys, I've order some plain black roose hoses and I'll start from scratch. I did test the thermostat in boiling water and it only opened slightly. It I don't think I could keep the water temp high enough.

 

[Boomerang_GT]

This sounds like fun... What was the water temperature during this?
Did the fans run?

 

[3200_Josh]

This sounds like fun... What was the water temperature during this?
Did the fans run?

I didn't see, and the fans hadn't kicked it. I'm think that as I didn't get burnt to a crisp it was t runner that hot. I hoping it was just a perished hose.

I'm still trying to get to the bottom of the hunting

 

[Assetto 52]

Hopefully the hunting is an air leak around the engine intake plenum, mine was.

 

[3200_Josh]

Hopefully the hunting is an air leak around the engine intake plenum, mine was.

Assetto, i had heard this was another common issue with them. I think the only thing i can do is wait for the car to be up and running again and slowly work my way through everything. Is there any good info anywhere about code reading a diag?

 

[Contigo]

you need to sort out the unidiag software. Did you connect the 3 pin adapter to an OBD-2 cable and then run unidiag?

 

[3200_Josh]

you need to sort out the unidiag software. Did you connect the 3 pin adapter to an OBD-2 cable and then run unidiag?

I won't lie....unidiag?

 

[urquattrogus]

That's exactly why i replaced the hoses on mine... they completely lose their structural integrity.

 

[Contigo]

I won't lie....unidiag?

Read this thread.

http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/7370-Reading-error-codes-on-an-early-3200GT