Unavoidable Failure? Bad Maserati Ghibli F160 Twin Turbo V6 Engine Teardown
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Publicado 2023-06-24
I've been tearing down engines on camera for 2 and a half years! Search my channel to see what I've torn down.
This is a VERY special teardown. A huge thanks to Bill in Pennsylvania for supplying this particular engine to the channel! This is a core F160 3.0L Twin Turbo V6 from a 2015 Maserati Ghibli. This engine has Ferrari, Maserati and even some Chrysler design in its blood, whether good or bad. This engine produces between 345 and 404hp depending on trim level and I believe that's all in the tuning(Boost levels). This engine was both impressive and depressing as it had some of the most high quality machining we've seen on the channel. It also failed in such an unfortunate way and I'm not sure how you'd keep this from happening.
Why on Mars am I doing these teardowns? I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis area called Importapart. Part of our model is buying blown, core and unwanted engines and dismantling them to resell the good, usable parts. We do not rebuild engines, we merely supply parts to those who do.
I really hope you enjoyed this teardown. As always, I love all of the comments, feedback, and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!
-Eric
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Yes, that Bill A couple of things: - This was not my car, I know a guy who knows a guy who fixes these cars. The engine was replaced in the car and I asked him if I could send it to Eric and he donated it. But he does not want to be named. - The engine sat outside for about 2 years in a pile of other junk. Thus the grass and unfortunately the water. - I wanted the valve covers back since I'm going to make a desktop paperweight for the guy who gave it to me and someone else by taking them to a machine shop and having the script "Maserati" cut out and polished. This is one of my favorite channels so when I was talking to the guy who had it I thought it would make a great video of a motor that Eric would not likely see in his yard. It did not disappoint.
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Favorite job I ever had was working as a dismantler for a junkyard... the junkyard hired kids going to school for auto mechanics, 18 to 23 years old, a pair of wire cutters, a side Cutters, and oxy acetylene torch, and permission to just drop stuff straight down. It worked perfectly. And I know my comment is pretty pointless, but I wanted to comment to help the algorithm. This is an awesome Channel!
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Quite telling to see the Pentastar emblem on the cam phasers.
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"My Maserati did 185. Now it is a paperweight, lost a timing guide.:" Thanks Joe Walsh :P
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Good evening Eric and thank you Bill.
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Ahh the reliability of Chrysler with the price of Ferrari. Perfecto
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You forgot to add the RockAuto fridge magnet in the box!
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Placing the water pump into a box and filling it with packing peanuts was hilarious 🤣🤣
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Maserati tech here 👋🏾 These blocks are cast in Indiana and then sent to Modena Italy for assembly in the Ferrari plant. Maserati now makes their own engines off of the Nettuno platform which is more similar to the Alfa Romeo quadtifoglio a twin turbo 60 degree v6 I retired from the dealership to own a shop but still see many Maseratis. I’ve got one in my shop now that has had a similar fate but I will be tearing it down to repair it. Wish my clients wallet luck!
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My day is now a little better. I love this channel no BS, no sales pitch. Just a good man and a wrench!
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I wait all week for my Saturday evening autopsy. This one was not a disappointment.
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I lobe the exotic engines making their way in for teardown. I lobe it a lot.
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What makes the machine work even more remarkable is that, according to Wikipedia, the blocks are cast at the Chrysler plant in Kokomo, then machined at the Trenton plant, and then sent across the Atlantic for final assembly in Modena by Ferrari.
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Damn this thing really does look like a unnecessarily more complicated 3.6 Pentastar
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Eric, my bet is soon as the timing unraveled, the computer noped itself out of running any longer, and that's what saved the total bearing meltdown.
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Your distain for plastic timing guides and subsequent violence against them never gets old
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The water pump bit never gets old 😂.
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Thanks Bill and you da man! Look forward to Saturday night tear downs with Eric and thanks again Bill!
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I was looking at oil changes intervals and believe it or not but aftermarket service centers as reported online say to change your oil every 12,500 miles. Absolutely insane.
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Ivan @ PHAD recently worked on a Mazarati. Needed a complete timing job after 60K miles, chain stretched to the point it jumped timing. Only difference with that engine, caught it before there was any damage to the engine. So not only is the car expensive, it has expensive maintenance!
