# Service bulletin 00183

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: 618588
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 00183
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-09\-04
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING OR WEEPING COOLANT FROM PASSENGER SIDE GASKET AT RIGHT REAR CORNER OF HEAD\-TO\-MANIFOLD JOINT. \*JB

## 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

Fuel system

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 FORD ECONOLINE
- 2000 FORD EXCURSION
- 2000 FORD EXPEDITION
- 2000 FORD F\-150
- 1999 to 2000 FORD MUSTANG
- 2000 FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2011281](/recalls/tc/2011281.md), 2011-08-01: Fuel System
- [11V385000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V385000.md), 2011-07-29: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB160073](/bulletins/10205038.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. Safety recall 11S21 \- Fuel tank strap fracture \- requests for recall service action
- [16\-0073](/bulletins/10183774.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. For 1997\-2003 F\-150, 2004 F\-150 Heritage, 1997\-1999 F\-250 Light Duty, or 2002\-2003 Blackwood vehicles Safety Recall 11S21 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where one or both fuel tank straps could potentially fracture. Strap fracture may result in the fuel tank contacting the ground. If the fuel tank contacts the ground and develops a leak while driving, there is a potential for fire.
- [TSB\-14\-0164](/bulletins/10058101.md), 2015-07-31, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. FORD/LINCOLN: SAFETY RECALL REGARDING HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR OPERATING, FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, VEHICLES WHERE BOTH OR ONE STRAP OF FUEL TANK CAN FRACTURE, AFTER CONTACTING GROUND. MODEL 1997\-99 F250 LD, 1997\-03 F150, 2004 F150 HERITAGE, 2002\-03 BLACKWOOD. \*PE
- [TSB\-14\-0147](/bulletins/10056624.md), 2015-01-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. FORD/LINCOLN: SAFETY RECALL ISSUED DUE TO ONE OR BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURING DUE TO BEING IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND DISLODGING FUEL TANK. MODEL 1997\-99 F250, 1997\-03 F150, 2004 F150 HERITAGE, 2002\-2003 BLACKWOOD. \*PE
- [19015](/bulletins/10019075.md), 2006-02-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. FUEL CONDITIONER. LOW POWER, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, FUEL GELLING IN COLD WEATHER, EXCESSIVE WHITE SMOKE ON COLD START, HARD START, OR COKING OF COMPONENTS EXPOSED TO EXHAUST. \*TT
- [18217](/bulletins/10010731.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MULTIPLE VEHICLES \- FUEL LEVEL INDICATION CONCERNS \- SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 SUPER DUTY F\-SERIES, EXCURSION, EXPEDITION, EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. \*TT
- [02193](/bulletins/10008588.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. DRIVEABILITY\-IDLE\-HIGH IDLE SPEEDS\-THROTTLE STICKS AFTER STEADY STATE DRIVING IN EXTREME COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES\-VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 12/31/01 EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE. \*MJ
- [17316](/bulletins/10008166.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. FUEL SIGNAL TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [17467](/bulletins/10007319.md), 2004-06-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL. ENGINE OR FUEL SYSTEM CONCERNS WHEN USING FUEL WITH GREATER THAN 5% BIODIESEL CONCENTRATION. \*TT
- [032141](/bulletins/10004852.md), 2004-01-12, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. FUEL QUALITY AND MOISTURE IN CERTAIN DIESEL FUELS MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLES TO EXHIBIT A NO START, GRADUAL LOSS OF POWER, OR A ROUGH IDLE CONDITION DUE TO FUEL GELLING DURING EXTREME COLD WEATHER OPERATION. \*TT

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