# Service bulletin 98M01

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: 605465
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-06\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 98M01
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

PREMATURE FAILURE OF ENGINE HEAD GASKETS MAY OCCUR. THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE, WHICH, IF NOT DETECTED OR IF IGNORED, WILL CAUSE ENGINE OVERHEATING, OR IN EXTREME CASES, COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE IF OVERHEAT CONDITION IS IGNORED. \*AK

## 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

- 1994 to 1995 FORD TAURUS
- 1995 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1994 to 1995 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V390000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V390000.md), 2001-12-21: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
- [1997060](/recalls/tc/1997060.md), 1997-03-20: Engine
- [97V019000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V019000.md), 1997-02-25: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02221](/bulletins/10008304.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE\-GEAR DRIVEN SYNCHRONIZERS\-INCORRECT INSTALLATION\-CAMSHAFT POSITION SYNCHRONIZER \(CMP\) INSTALLATION TOOL CORRECT APPLICATION. \*MJ
- [870197](/bulletins/10000592.md), 2003-03-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INCORRECTLY INSTALLED GEAR DRIVEN CAMSHAFT POSITION \(CMP\) SENSOR SYNCHRONIZER ASSEMBLIES CAUSING SURGE, LOST OF POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1336, P1309 AND P0340. \*TT
- [01M09](/bulletins/630549.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. SAFETY RECALL PROGRAM 01S30 REGARDING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER INSTALLATION. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT
- [0214](/bulletins/630001.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN\-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. \*TT
- [00M10](/bulletins/625888.md), 2001-12-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION REGARDING ENGINE REPLACEMENTS WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM. \*YH
- [00M09](/bulletins/625878.md), 2001-12-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION REGARDING ENGINE REPLACEMENTS WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM. \*YH
- [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
- [00M09](/bulletins/618535.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING PREMATURE FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS. \*JB
- [14584](/bulletins/617878.md), 2001-04-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING FLEX FUEL VECHICLE OIL AND FUEL RECOMMENDATIONS. \*JB

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