Ford Taurus 1996–1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 98B26 · NHTSA communication 609565 · issued Aug 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996–1997
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Cooling system by-pass kit installation on certain taurus vehicles equipped with 3.0l vulcan methanol engines. Gasoline or ethanol engines are covered by owner notification program 98b23.*ak
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.