Affected Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Date Published
NOV 01, 2000
NHTSA TSB #
616572
TSB Document
  • Sorry, the NHTSA has not posted this TSB document yet.

You can still get the detailed info from Ford for this TSB. Call your local Ford dealer's service department & ask for a copy of TSB# 002305.

Summary
SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POWERSTROKE DIESEL MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE ABOVE THE NORMAL SOUND OF THE DIESEL COMBUSTION. THIS NOISE MAY SOUND LIKE A ROD KNOCK, BUT IT IS INTERMITTENT AND IT INCREASES IN INTENSITY AS THE ENGINE WARMS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. *TT