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Jaguar S-Type 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin S30303 · NHTSA communication 613935 · issued Jun 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown / Other
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subject regarding a special tool 303-693 which provides a method to depress the tappet buckets on the 3.0 liter v6 engine, allowing the valve clearance adjustment shims to be removed and reinstalled with the camshafts in place on vehicles within vin l00001 - on. *tt

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.