Ford Escort 1985–1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 00188 · NHTSA communication 618599 · issued Sep 4, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1985–1996
model years
15
vehicle entries
Official summary
Concerns with premature failure occuring on the 1.9l motorcraft remanufactured longblock assembly and shortblock assembly due to ingestion of foreign objects remaining in the transferred intake system from the original failed engine. *jb
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.