# Service bulletin 00188

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: 618599
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 00188
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-09\-04
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH PREMATURE FAILURE OCCURING ON THE 1.9L MOTORCRAFT REMANUFACTURED LONGBLOCK ASSEMBLY AND SHORTBLOCK ASSEMBLY DUE TO INGESTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS REMAINING IN THE TRANSFERRED INTAKE SYSTEM FROM THE ORIGINAL FAILED ENGINE. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1985 to 1996 FORD ESCORT
- 1985 to 1987 MERCURY LYNX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1990062](/recalls/tc/1990062.md), 1990-04-20: Engine
- [1989098](/recalls/tc/1989098.md), 1989-07-13: Engine
- [89V095000](/recalls/nhtsa/89V095000.md), 1989-06-12: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [12295](/bulletins/615541.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON, STALL AT TIP\-IN FROM IDLE, ENGINE HESITATION, AND / OR SURGE CAUSED BY THE MASS AIR FLOW \(MAF\) SENSOR. \*TT
- [11769](/bulletins/615270.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT BRIEF SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION DURING HOT WEATHER ONCE THE ENGINE HAS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP. \*TT
- [98\-4733](/bulletins/607147.md), 2000-11-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. NEW MESSAGE CONCERNING DTC'S 172/181 AND 186. \*AK
- [12174](/bulletins/613224.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START/LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. \*MJS
- [99122](/bulletins/606436.md), 1999-08-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD / NO START CONDITION OCCURRING WHEN THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER IS PLUGGED IN WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW \-18 DEGREES C \(0 DEGREES F\). \*TT
- [99816](/bulletins/606420.md), 1999-08-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY NOW RECOMMENDS SAE 5W\-30 VISCOSITY GRADE FOR SERVICING ANY FORD GASOLINE\-POWERED VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF MODEL YEAR. \*TT
- [982310](/bulletins/603724.md), 1999-03-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. MASS AIR FLOW \(MAF\)\- SENSOR CONTAMINATION\- SERVICE TIP. \*AK
- [982010](/bulletins/603695.md), 1999-03-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A " BUZZING " OR " RATTLING " NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. \*YC

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