Masser getting hot... Should I be worried?

[Mike82]

Afternoon all, jumped in tithe world of maserati with an 09 GTS Friday, but out in it today and I'm panicing! Temp up to 120 ish, just below the red. Can get hold of dealer today but surely shouldn't be running that hot. Any ideas or similar stories?

Thanks

Michael

[andy355]

are the fans kicking in? not sure if there are 1 or 2 on maser

[Mike82]

Not sure yet, think I'll let it cool down first then check the fans to see when (if) they come on. I thought I'd left this behind when I sold the tvr!

[andy355]

def sounds like something is wrong - hottest any of my recent cars have got is about 100 then fans kick in to get down to 80-90

[F355GTS]

andy355 said:

def sounds like something is wrong - hottest any of my recent cars have got is about 100 then fans kick in to get down to 80-90

+1

[Mike82]

Yea my thinking too unfortuneately. Can't see fans as it's all under covers but all levels look fine. Will get it booked in tomorrow. Cheers guys, fingers crossed the warrenty covers what ever it may be.

[Pork]

Simple one first, have you checked the water level? Maybe a small leak has caused a loss of water....

[sjn2004]

Pork said:

Simple one first, have you checked the water level? Maybe a small leak has caused a loss of water....

and the oil level, too little oil = lots more friction

[Palmball]

I had this same problem in my GT-S a few weeks ago - it would give a temperature reading right up into the red zone. It ended up being a faulty instrument pack and which meant the fuel gauge would also over read....this was rather more inconvenient than the temp gauge as it was only noticeable when the car was full (where the dial would shoot off the top of the scale). When half full or empty, it just looked like it had more fuel than it actually had!

I got the instruments replaced under warranty and all has been fine since.

[w5pwr]

I noticed a couple of times in my GT S the fuel gauge reads high, by at least 1/2 a tank, hopefully my instrument panel is not on it's way out.....