{"nhtsa_id":10232942,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-04-06","date":"2023-03-01","document_id":"PS739","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: LOW OIL PRESSURE AT IDLE AFTER GAMMA 1.6L GDI SHORT BLOCK ENGINE REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information equipped with a Gamma 1.6L GDI regarding a 'low oil pressure' concern during engine idle on vehicles engine due to a missing dowel pin, after a short block engine replacement. An internal oil leakage will cause a decrease in oil pressure without the instal lation of the dowel pin location described in this bulletin. Confirm that the dowel pin was installed for an engine exhibiting a low oil pressure concern after a short block replacement.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10232942-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10232942-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10232942","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"RIO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_rio","2013_kia_rio","2014_kia_rio","2015_kia_rio","2016_kia_rio","2017_kia_rio","2018_kia_rio","2019_kia_rio"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2012,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_soul","2013_kia_soul","2014_kia_soul","2015_kia_soul","2016_kia_soul","2017_kia_soul","2018_kia_soul","2019_kia_soul"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}