CatmanV2
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This is it, isn't it. If there's been no warning that the pump is on the way out, there's little point in worrying. You'll be driving along and 'boom'
If there are symtoms however, I for one, would like to know them
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This is it, isn't it. If there's been no warning that the pump is on the way out, there's little point in worrying. You'll be driving along and 'boom'
If there are symtoms however, I for one, would like to know them
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No none, I believe the engine to be circa 50k miles and the pistons, liners, camshafts, heads and valves showed no sign of wear.
I would seriously consider adding the oil pump as a service item, say every 50k miles, just change it. Its about a grand so not that unreasonable. You could then have your old one recon'd then swap them every 50k and keep inspecting them.
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Yes Nick. It's lunched a few 360's in the past.
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The part ALONE is £1,162 new. http://www.eurospares.co.uk/searchResult_one.asp?S=202976&TM=3&TMo=389&TA=1&TB=20923
PLUS labour of 8-10 hours at an Indie at £70 p/h (which is the low end for hourly costs).
You are looking at £1.9k to change the oil/water pump. That is NOT a service item in my eyes.
What this is, in my opinion, is a significant design fault. Maserati have already heard about it via Dealers for others it has happened to (http://www.maseratiforum.co.uk/m_49124/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm) but they have not done much about it, except donate a couple of new parts.
Also don't forget we've seen a bit of info on this topic before: http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/8237-4200-oilpump-failure-picture
I don't think there is much info to gain here, it is just a huge potential weakness of our cars.
- it might go at any time;
- it is not a standard thing to be checked;
- there's no way to check it without taking the engine out and taking the part off (which would cost £700+)
- if it goes it can be catastrophic.
Happy Tuesday!
PLUS labour of 8-10 hours at an Indie at £70 p/h (which is the low end for hourly costs).
You are looking at £1.9k to change the oil/water pump. That is NOT a service item in my eyes.
What this is, in my opinion, is a significant design fault. Maserati have already heard about it via Dealers for others it has happened to (http://www.maseratiforum.co.uk/m_49124/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm) but they have not done much about it, except donate a couple of new parts.
Also don't forget we've seen a bit of info on this topic before: http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/8237-4200-oilpump-failure-picture
I don't think there is much info to gain here, it is just a huge potential weakness of our cars.
- it might go at any time;
- it is not a standard thing to be checked;
- there's no way to check it without taking the engine out and taking the part off (which would cost £700+)
- if it goes it can be catastrophic.
Happy Tuesday!
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Yeah...Maserati are well known to wash their hands of anything that fails on out of warranty cars...shameful. Its an item that should last the life time of the car, not 50K miles. Poor design, quality of construction/materials maybe less than perfect, in an ideal world, they should at least part pay. I wonder if someone like Mike who Matt knows can make an engineers opinion/report on it?
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