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Ford E Series 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13846 · NHTSA communication 620275 · issued Mar 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built 7/1998 to 6/1999 equipped with a 4.6 / 5.4l winsor built engines may exhibit an oil leak from the cylinder heat gasket area. *tt

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.