# Service bulletin 98B23S1

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: 604845
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-05\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 98B23S1
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

INSTALLATION OF COOLING SYSTEM BY\-PASS KIT. \*TT

## 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, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01116](/bulletins/622646.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COOLING SYSTEM CONDITIONS SUCH CONTAMINATED / CORRODED COOLANT; LEAKING / DISCOLORED COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLES; VIBRATION FROM ENGINE; LEAKING HEATER CORE; COOLANT OVERFLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAUGE READINGS, ETC. \*TT
- [98\-4724](/bulletins/607136.md), 2000-11-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CONTAMINATED/CORRODED COOLANT, HIGH OR FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURE GAUGE. \*AK
- [98B27](/bulletins/609564.md), 2000-04-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT BY\-PASS KIT REPLACEMENT ON CERTAIN TAURUS VEHICLES. ENGINES PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED WITH 98B18 SERVICE BY\-PASS KIT.
- [98B23](/bulletins/609563.md), 2000-04-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. THE OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM 98B23 CONTAINED INCORRECT LABOR ALLOWANCE AND COOLANT PART NUMBER INFORMATION
- [980305](/bulletins/602158.md), 1998-09-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. VEHICLES EXPERIENCING COOLANT ODOR, COOLANT OVERFLOW, HIGH OR FLUCTUATING TEMP GAUGE READINGS, BLOWN OR LEAKING HOSES, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, FAILED ENGINE, AND LACK OF HEAT. \*YC
- [98B18](/bulletins/601219.md), 1998-07-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM 98B18\- COOLING SYSTEM BY\-PASS KIT INSTALLATION. \*AK
- [BC0252970201](/bulletins/51085.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. UNEVEN IDLE RPM, STALL, ROUGH RUNNING, SURGE, AND/OR SPARK KNOCK WHEN THE COOLING FANS COME ON AT A IDLE. \*JD

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