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Gasket, cylinder-head cover

Cracking due to over-compression. Cylinder-head cover gaskets often give rise to complaints. Analysis of the concrete cases encountered clearly reveals: The problem is not caused by the gasket itself but rather by other factors.

18.11.2013

Baffling Toyota oil fill caution

When adding engine oil to various Toyota vehicles, care must be taken to prevent damaging the oil fill baffle in the cylinder head cover.

15.11.2013

Honda oil with MIL

This TSB applies to 2008-2010 Honda Accord V6, 2011 Accord V6 A/T, 2010-2011 Accord Crosstour, 2008-2011 Odyssey and 2009-2011 Pilot vehicles. The engine oil level may be low and the MIL on with DTC P3400 and/or P3497 (VPS stuck oil bank 1 / oil bank 2).

14.10.2013

Swapped sensors on Elantra

The 2007 and later Hyundai Elantra uses two individual sensors to detect the rotational speed of the transaxle’s input and output shafts. The part descriptions as “Input” and “Output” are based upon their use in previous Hyundai models. However, the sensor applications are reversed for the 2007 and later Elantra. NOTE: The two sensors are not interchangeable.

11.10.2013

Nissan variable valve timing

This TSB applies to all 1996-2009 Nissans with VVT (engines VQ35, QR25, QG18, GA16, VQ40, VK56, MR18 and MR20).

10.10.2013

Porsche oil level warning

This TSB applies to 2009-2011 Porsche Boxster, Boxster S, Cayman, Cayman S, 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera S and 911 Turbo. Porsche reports that they have discovered that engine oil level sensors are increasingly being replaced, but in subsequent tests carried out by the manufacturer, these oil level sensors are found to be functioning correctly.

20.09.2013

Harsh Subaru downshift

This TSB applies to 2010-2011 and early production 2012 Subaru Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with the 3.6L engine and 5-speed automatic transmission.

12.09.2013

Mazda MIL

Some 2010-2011 Mazda3 vehicles equipped with the 2.0L engine may experience a MIL on with DTC P0128.00 (thermostat stuck open).

02.09.2013

If the Acura ping is the thing

This TSB applies to 2009 Acura TSX, from VIN JH4CU2….AC000001 through JH4CU2…AC009053. The engine pings during moderate to heavy acceleration.

30.08.2013

Soul shift

Some owners of Kia Soul models produced from 1-8-2009 to 9-13-2009 equipped with manual transmissions may complain about difficulty in getting into first gear when coming to a stop.