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Eric Toft
KeymasterHi David,
I believe only GTs from 2018 – 2019 can safely use E10, it will have a sticker in the fuel cap if it can.
Best trickle charger and used by Bentley, Ferrari, Maserati etc.etc. is the CTEK MXS 5.0 at about £65, but do not get the the Maserati one as its the same thing but with a Maserati sticker on but costs £128 +VAT!
It can be safely used in the boot as low heat, it will check battery condition, recon battery, charge then drop to trickle charge.
It comes with croc clips and half a plug with cable that can be directly attached to the battery and reaches above the boot shelf so easy to plug in and out.
KeymasterHi Eric,
The rears are normally stuck on with tape to avoid drilling holes in the boot. The front does have a bracket but it’s location makes it very low and vulnerable, often it gets hit resulting in a new bracket and/or sometimes a new plate if damaged as it delaminates its an MOT failure. Also when hitting the bracket it enlarges the locating holes which eventually will need plugging and if its a carbon difusser they will need bonding in. I gave up with brackets and stuck mine on the difusser leading edge and the lower grill lip. I have a reasonable bracket if you want it.
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Anthony,
I had the same issue with my GT which has different size blades and the large one was £130 alone.
These are old style wiper blades and not modern flex blades, so I found a site that does replacement blade inserts, so as long as the blade holder is sound you can remove the rubber blade and metal inserts, cut new blade to size replace inserts and thread back in.
Mine came with 4 rubber blades for about £25, so enough for two sets.
If you have trouble finding a site let me know and I will look up where I got mine from.
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Roger,
If you don’t mind I will put up on the Market place too as I am sure there will be interest there.
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Chris,
You are correct it is not illegal, at present in this country, to disable a TPMS system but an error light will give an MOT failure.
The common reason for the failure is one or more sensors not talking to the ECU usually due to its battery failure which should be good for 100k miles or 5 – 7 years or damage during a tyre refit.
The sensors are expensive but are not Maserati unique so can be purchased alot cheaper, i.e. the Bosch VDO units that work with a GT/GC/QP are £66 each from Eurospares, then get a tyre fitter to remove the tyres and swap out the TPMS valves.
DIY OBDII diagnostics tools that work with a Maserati are generally £400 – £500 upwards that are capable of reseting the TPMS to register the valves.
Maybe something we could invest in as a Club asset?
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Stewart,
Do you have a Quick Fit MOT centre nearby as they have MOT car ramps that really moves, vibrates, shakes and throws the car around on top of it for checking MOT failures of ball joints etc. They get under the car and feel and listen to all the noises so may indentify your problem.
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Heidi,
We Buy Any Car are usually well below market value so do not be alarmed there.
I checked and you have not advertised your car on the Club’s website, which is free to members for 3 months and at least once in the eNewsletter.
Just add some text and pictures, with details such as model, engine size, auto/manual, colour exterior and interior, service history, features and any major service items recentally will help, let me know if you need any help putting it together or onto the website.
regards Eric
KeymasterThe comfort switch is a rotary control like a volume knob and they either wear out the track or the track contact arm comes off.
If your are handy (and very patient) you can dismantle the switch and refix the track arm, alternative is get a replacement.
If you go down this route with the seat side panel off you can see the micro switch that activates the seat movement, it could be out of line, seized or bad contacts.
Use the reset process if you fix or replace.
regards Eric
KeymasterI am with General Accident and their renewal quoate was cheaper than any new search.
I hear Direct Line are cancelling many insurance policies for Range Rover and and Range Rover Sports as their digital locks are very easy to clone.
Do you have the factory tracker still fitted and working (via Vodafone?) as this seems to lower the insurance and can give the underwriters peace of mind to insure?
regards Eric
KeymasterNo that wasn’t my car, the guys at Project Heaven have done a very neat efi conversion on a 3500GT
https://project-heaven.com/project/maserati-3500-gti/
but I think I beat them to it, I switched to efi in 2011.
It probably has improved the fuel consumption but I have never tried to measure it, as you say, not that type of car.
Jerry
KeymasterHi Rob,
If you can make them fit I can highly recommend these
Pair of LED Headlights H4 Hi/Lo Beam Conversion 9-32V Excellent Beam Pattern Cool White
I have fitted them to two of my classic cars and they are excellent.
Jerry
KeymasterHi Steve,
As you have not had a response I thought I would chip in. I have never owned a Mistral but have owned a Sebring S2 for more than 20 years which is mechanically pretty much the same. They are not particularly complicated cars and in my experience are reasonably reliable. The mechanical fuel injection is an achilles heel, it can be made to work but the people who know how to do it are few and far between. Many cars have been converted to Weber carbs for this reason, my own car is on modern EFI which the purists will not approve of but it means I can fix it myself! As with any classic car the advice is buy the best one you can find, someone else will have spent all the money and it will always cost more than it is worth to restore a bad one. There will be at least one Mistral at the concours next month and lots of people with more knowledge than me there so if you can make it to that there should be lots of advice available.
Jerry
KeymasterHi Tom,
There should not be an issue with the electronic handbrake motor, it is mearly that at 12.3v it will not turn the motor and the electronics “think” it is siezed and cuts it to avoid a potential fire hence the message to go to a dealer to sort out when basically its just a low battery at first start up.
Once charged and reset there should not be any further issues with it unless its a genuine siezed motor but then it would not reset.
regards Eric
KeymasterHi Tom,
This is common with pre 2019 GTS as the electronic systems tend to drain the battery (especially if you have the older Vodafone tracker system active) and when it gets to 12.3v all sorts start to fail, the electronic handbrake for one. The norm is power on, do not crank, power off then on again with the footbrake firmly pushed down and do not crank, then off then on with the footbrake depressed and crank. it will start and the electronic handbrake should disenage.
If it gets below 12.3v then this will not work and even the electric boot release will not open so you will need to use the manual release under the nearside rear seat side panel. Then charge up the battery and utilse the above procedure.
Best way to avoid is to have a CTEK MXS 5.0 auto charger, this is what all the main manufactures use (Ferrari, Bently, Porche etc. even Maserati) but they badge them their own logos and charge from from £275 upwards! A CTEK on the web is about £70 and not only will it charge but will recondition the battery, then drops into a low trickle charge which can be left on all the time.
I use to have mine on all over winter with the unit in the boot. If yours has the charging point it with fit straight in otherwise there is an adaptor that fits on the battery and has the charge plug on, I use to have this come out under the boot shelf and just plugged in.
regards Eric
KeymasterJust another thought if filling use E5 and not E10 in your vehicle and only half fill then check tyre pressures with the tyres cold.
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