# Service bulletin 982695

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 603583
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-02\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 982695
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.8L ENGINE MAY USE SHORTER HEAD BOLTS IN THE OUTBOARD POSITION. \*YC

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1988 FORD TAURUS
- 1988 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1988 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1991021](/recalls/tc/1991021.md), 1991-02-11: Engine
- [1990027](/recalls/tc/1990027.md), 1990-02-09: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01124](/bulletins/622665.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ON SOME VEHICLES, ENGINE OIL MAY CONTINUE TO LEAK FROM THE ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET AREA AFTER AN ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED. \*TT
- [99183](/bulletins/6090051.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION ON REVISED OIL PAN GASKET REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [9811329](/bulletins/607497.md), 1999-09-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING THE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE REVISED HEADGASKET FOR COOLANT LOSS CONDITIONS ON SOME ENGINES. \*TT
- [9874](/bulletins/601343.md), 1998-07-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. A NEW SILICONE GASKET AND SEALANT. \*YC
- [9864](/bulletins/601312.md), 1998-07-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. INFORMATION ON A BUZZING OR RATTLE NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. \*TT
- [9849](/bulletins/601270.md), 1998-07-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CONCERNS WITH COOLANT MAY LEAK FROM THE HEAD GASKETS AND / OR THE VEHICLE MAY OVERHEAT. \*YC
- [97610](/bulletins/51990.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BLOWER MOTOR\- "CHIRPING" OR "SQUEAKING" FROM BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW SPEEDS. \*JD
- [9743](/bulletins/51682.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BLOWER MOTOR\- "CHIRP" OR "SQUEAK" FROM BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW SPEEDS. \*JD
- [RCL/94E55](/bulletins/3013100.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. UNKNOWN
- [9582](/bulletins/41025.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. A REVISED SERVICE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS NOW AVAILABLE. \*TW

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