Ford Transit 2015–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 46413 · NHTSA communication 10095862 · issued Feb 27, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2015–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2015-2017 transit vehicles built on or before 17-oct-2016, equipped with a 3.2l engine, and with low time in service (less than 8,000 km (5,000 miles)) may exhibit an oil leak from areas such as the crankshaft front seal, crankshaft rear seal, or fuel injection pump drive access cover. These early oil leaks may be caused by high crankcase pressure due to an improperly molded oil separator in the valve cover. In addition to repairing the oil leak, install a new valve cover. For claiming, use causal part 6k271 and applicable labor operations in section 06 of the service labor time standards
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.