Budapeststu
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Dear All,
First of all Happy New Year and sorry for not being active recently.
I find myself returning in rather unfortunate circumstances. I need to pick your collective brains for advice on what's happened with my car this evening.
I drove about 100 miles this evening and left with everything fine, though I did get a whiff of a strange smell when I started the car up. I paid it no mind and drove off. I didn't really notice anything strange till I left the motorway and the speed dropped. Then I noticed that the engine was burbling and juddering slightly, basically out of balance. When I put my foot on the gas, it sounded clearly like not all of the cylinders were firing. I pulled in at a petrol station and indeed the engine sounded rough at tickover, in fact I could feel a rhythmic vibration through the seat. I continued home and made it, though the sound seemed to get a little worse and the smell from the engine was there too.
A little information that may help: This is a 2002 4200 GT with 35,000 miles on the clock. The car has been serviced on time, every time and all fluids are as they should be and none seem to be leaking, at lease not from below. The car feels fine in terms of steering, brakes and suspension but I'm down on power and clearly firing on less than 8 cylinders.
Now, does anyone have any ideas? I'm scared even to drive to the Maserati dealer in the morning, for fear of making the problem worse. It's only a 4 mile journey but something serious may be wrong.
Your sage advice as always would be most welcome.
Stu
First of all Happy New Year and sorry for not being active recently.
I find myself returning in rather unfortunate circumstances. I need to pick your collective brains for advice on what's happened with my car this evening.
I drove about 100 miles this evening and left with everything fine, though I did get a whiff of a strange smell when I started the car up. I paid it no mind and drove off. I didn't really notice anything strange till I left the motorway and the speed dropped. Then I noticed that the engine was burbling and juddering slightly, basically out of balance. When I put my foot on the gas, it sounded clearly like not all of the cylinders were firing. I pulled in at a petrol station and indeed the engine sounded rough at tickover, in fact I could feel a rhythmic vibration through the seat. I continued home and made it, though the sound seemed to get a little worse and the smell from the engine was there too.
A little information that may help: This is a 2002 4200 GT with 35,000 miles on the clock. The car has been serviced on time, every time and all fluids are as they should be and none seem to be leaking, at lease not from below. The car feels fine in terms of steering, brakes and suspension but I'm down on power and clearly firing on less than 8 cylinders.
Now, does anyone have any ideas? I'm scared even to drive to the Maserati dealer in the morning, for fear of making the problem worse. It's only a 4 mile journey but something serious may be wrong.
Your sage advice as always would be most welcome.
Stu
