Heads Up for Ford

Jan. 8, 2018
Some 2011 Ford Escape vehicles equipped with a 3.0L engine and an engine build date of 12-21-2010 to 1-7-2011 may exhibit a misfire or runs rough condition, and/or MIL on with DTC P0301.

Some 2011 Ford Escape vehicles equipped with a 3.0L engine and an engine build date of 12-21-2010 to 1-7-2011 may exhibit a misfire or runs rough condition, and/or MIL on with DTC P0301.

The cause may be a faulty right hand cylinder head.

1. Determine the engine build date. If the engine was built 12-21-2010 to 1-7-2011, determine the right hand cylinder head manufacturing time and date. An inkjet stamp is located on the intake face of the RH cylinder head, under the upper intake manifold and can be viewed by looking over the front engine mount. The stamp will read FFV80 HH:MM MMDDYY. According to Ford, if the stamp shows 14:30 12/21/2010 to 14:00 1/7/2011, replace the RH cylinder head.

P/N                               PART

AL8Z-6049-A………….RH cylinder head

4F1Z-6065-AB…………Head bolt

9L8Z-6051-A…………..RH head gasket

3M4Z-6020-AA………..Font cover gasket

9L8Z-9H486-B………...Upper intake gasket

9L8Z-9439-A…………..Lower intake gasket

9L8Z-6584-B…………..Left side cam cover gasket

9L8Z-6584-A…………..Right hand cam cover gasket

XW4Z-9448-AD……….Exhaust manifold gasket

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