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Hi Everyone,

My name is Stuart and I just picked up a 2007 Quattroporte GTS. Wanted one for a long time! Was the former parts manager for McLaren San Francisco and had to make occasional trip down the road the Maserati of Silicon Valley! Fell in love with them there! Used car manager at McLaren let me take a used one we had on the lot home for the weekend and was hooked! It's taken me some time to find one in my price range, but have one now!

Just put in a new F1 pump, have the variator rattle, will start on the replacement of those tomorrow. I know 20 to 30 hour job! Great to join the community, and looking forward to interacting!

Stuart
 
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Hey Sean.

Was a private sale, did not pass smog, thus the variator job. The guy I bought the car from has fallen off the face of the planet, (gave me a fake address for his home, and his drivers licence is a PO box) and at this point, I'd rather do the job myself. Just started, about 1/3 the way through. Will keep you posted! Thanks for the interest!

Stuart

(Did the F1 pump, took about 2 hours)
 
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Well, I hope it was a cheap car. Did you test drive it??

In any case I see you are in Stockton. I am in Fresno. I am on the same boat with you in the "big repairs for the freshly bought car" department, since I have to take mine to San Jose dealership for a clutch in a couple of weeks.
 
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By the way Stuart, if you succeed with the variator job, you might consider buying old Quattroportes with bad variators and flipping them. Surely there's more than a few thousand to be made on each one.
 
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Hey Sean, yeah, I did get it for a good price. Safe to say, I could sink $10,000 in it and still make a little. Hopefully, not going to be near that! The guy put a new clutch in about 8,000 miles ago, (have the receipt on that) so that's a big one! I have decided to install a new variator solenoid and cam timing sensor first on bank 2 first before I do the variators.
It's a fairly quick procedure. I'll drive to see if the code stays off. I do have a code reader, have cleared the code and will have to put some miles on it and then check system readiness for the smog check. If that doesn't fix it, then variators. Not a job I'm looking forward to. Will keep you posted!

Stuart
 
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Sgregor said:
Hey Sean, yeah, I did get it for a good price. Safe to say, I could sink $10,000 in it and still make a little. Hopefully, not going to be near that! The guy put a new clutch in about 8,000 miles ago, (have the receipt on that) so that's a big one! I have decided to install a new variator solenoid and cam timing sensor first on bank 2 first before I do the variators.
It's a fairly quick procedure. I'll drive to see if the code stays off. I do have a code reader, have cleared the code and will have to put some miles on it and then check system readiness for the smog check. If that doesn't fix it, then variators. Not a job I'm looking forward to. Will keep you posted!

Stuart
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Well at dealer rates I can barely afford the clutch, and probably not the variators. I am getting the clutch done shortly up in San Jose, if my variators go out on me I will keep you in mind, you could make a few extra bucks... I thought our dry-sump engines were less prone to the variator issue.
 
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Hey Curtis, from what I understand, the OBDll system contains many codes that are what are considered generic. That is, essentially the same for MOST vehicles, but not all. Being new to Maserati, I'm still figuring that out. I have 3 code readers, and the one that seems to work best is a $60.00 or so Bosch reader. I originally got it for my Dodge Daytona Charger. Perhaps because it's Bosch ... may help. I'll post the model number tomorrow.

And Sean, I have discovered a few places, not Maserati, that can do your clutch for a lot cheaper. They do not have the tool to set the clutch, that will require a trip to Maserati. Also, found a great place in Sacramento called FerrParts. Amazing prices on Maserati Parts. They also have a repair facility next them. Got an unbelievable price on the variators, way less than Maserati. If you want more info, give me a call after 2.00pm tomorrow. It's OK to give our numbers yes?

Stuart
 
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Sgregor said:
And Sean, I have discovered a few places, not Maserati, that can do your clutch for a lot cheaper. They do not have the tool to set the clutch, that will require a trip to Maserati. Also, found a great place in Sacramento called FerrParts. Amazing prices on Maserati Parts. They also have a repair facility next them. Got an unbelievable price on the variators, way less than Maserati. If you want more info, give me a call after 2.00pm tomorrow. It's OK to give our numbers yes?

Stuart
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I found Roselli's Foreign Car in San Jose, heading there Friday. They quoted me $3K for whole job (not including flywheel). Dealer wanted more than $7K for the same job. And Roselli's is fully equipped with the diagnostic computers so they can actually finish the job completely, no need to involve the dealership at all.
 
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Hey Sean,

Awesome! Yes, Maserati is just getting crazy. I had to replace a hose on the F1 pump. It's a curved hose about 6" long. They wanted $180.00 for it .... nuts! The OBDII reader I find works best is a Bosch Live Data Plus. At least had no trouble with the "cam timing slow back 2" code.
 
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Hi all,
My name is Mattfrey, I am from Liverpool, England. It’s my pleasure to make friend with you all.
 
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