Tune-up and Engine Performance Checks: Technical Service Bulletins

• Customer Interest
  • Engine - Intermittent Hesitation/No Start/Stalling
  • Engine - Rough Idle/Hesitation/Backfire/Stalling
  • Engine - Hard Cold Starts/Hesitation/Stalls On Start-Up
    • Overview
    • Procedures, Warranty and Labor
    • Idle Speed Adjustment
    • Procedure # 1
    • Procedure # 2 Idle Air By-Pass Valve Cleaning Only
    • Warranty Coverage
    • Labor Standards Operations
    • Operation Description
• By Symptom
  • Customer Interest
    • Engine - Intermittent Hesitation/No Start/Stalling
    • Engine - Rough Idle/Hesitation/Backfire/Stalling
    • Engine - Hard Cold Starts/Hesitation/Stalls On Start-Up
      • Overview
      • Procedures, Warranty and Labor
      • Idle Speed Adjustment
      • Procedure # 1
      • Procedure # 2 Idle Air By-Pass Valve Cleaning Only
      • Warranty Coverage
      • Labor Standards Operations
      • Operation Description
  • Driveability
    • Engine - Intermittent Hesitation/No Start/Stalling
    • Engine - Rough Idle/Hesitation/Backfire/Stalling
    • Engine - Hard Cold Starts/Hesitation/Stalls On Start-Up
      • Overview
      • Procedures, Warranty and Labor
      • Idle Speed Adjustment
      • Procedure # 1
      • Procedure # 2 Idle Air By-Pass Valve Cleaning Only
      • Warranty Coverage
      • Labor Standards Operations
      • Operation Description
  • Noise
    • Vehicle Vibration Diagnosis - Manual Addition
      • Overview
      • 1988 Continental
      • 1989 Continental
      • 1990 Continental
      • 1988/1989 Taurus/Sable
      • 1990 Taurus/Sable
  • Poor performance
    • Engine - Rough Idle/Hesitation/Backfire/Stalling
  • Starting problems
    • Engine - Intermittent Hesitation/No Start/Stalling
  • Vibration
    • Vehicle Vibration Diagnosis - Manual Addition
      • Overview
      • 1988 Continental
      • 1989 Continental
      • 1990 Continental
      • 1988/1989 Taurus/Sable
      • 1990 Taurus/Sable
  • Warping
    • Vehicle Vibration Diagnosis - Manual Addition
      • Overview
      • 1988 Continental
      • 1989 Continental
      • 1990 Continental
      • 1988/1989 Taurus/Sable
      • 1990 Taurus/Sable
• All Technical Service Bulletins
  • Engine - Intermittent Hesitation/No Start/Stalling
  • Engine - Rough Idle/Hesitation/Backfire/Stalling
  • Engine - Hard Cold Starts/Hesitation/Stalls On Start-Up
    • Overview
    • Procedures, Warranty and Labor
    • Idle Speed Adjustment
    • Procedure # 1
    • Procedure # 2 Idle Air By-Pass Valve Cleaning Only
    • Warranty Coverage
    • Labor Standards Operations
    • Operation Description
  • Vehicle Vibration Diagnosis - Manual Addition
    • Overview
    • 1988 Continental
    • 1989 Continental
    • 1990 Continental
    • 1988/1989 Taurus/Sable
    • 1990 Taurus/Sable
  • Octane Adjust Shorting Bar - Revised Procedures
    • Overview
    • 1989 Note, Remember and Pinpoint Test Schematic
    • 1990 Application, Component Location and Wire Color
    • 1991 Diagnosis By Symptom Chart
    • 1991 Pinpoint Test Note
    • 1991 Test Step KP1 Thru KP11
  • Ignition Timing Procedure - Manual Update