Some 2015-2016 Lincoln MKC vehicles equipped with a 2.3L GTDI engine and built on or before Feb. 23, 2016, may exhibit a heavy continuous blue smoke at the exhaust with a burning oil smell after idling for 10 minutes or longer.
Some 2015-2016 Lincoln MKC vehicles equipped with a 2.3L GTDI engine and built on or before Feb. 23, 2016, may exhibit a heavy continuous blue smoke at the exhaust with a burning oil smell after idling for 10 minutes or longer.
Check the part tag on the crankcase vent oil separator using a flashlight. Look through the opening to the right of the throttle body. If the tag has no bar code, this bulletin does not apply.
The tag should be viewable to the right of the throttle body.
If the tag has a bar code, the vehicle is not equipped with a high flow crankcase vent oil separator system. Replace with a high flow vent oil separator P/N G1FZ-6A785-A. You will also need an intake gasket P/N CJ5Z-9439-A. Reprogram the PCM to the latest calibration using IDS release 101.01 or higher.
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