Engine Compartment - Water Entry

Number 83-T-11A Section 6 Date 03/83
Subject: WATER ENTRY INTO ENGINE - 1983 FIREBIRD EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L 4-BBL. (ENGINE CODE H)
This bulletin is being reissued as a result of a part number change.. Bulletin 83-T-11 should be discarded.

Water may be allowed to enter the engine compartment through one of the hood ornament stud holes and
settle on top of the air cleaner cover which may then leak into the engine through the air cleaner retainer stud hole. This condition can be verified by the presence of water or water spot rings on the top of the air cleaner cover.



If this condition does exist, eight (8) new ornament retaining nuts (part number 11501047) should be used in place of existing nuts (see illustration).
Vehicles affected by this bulletin will fall within the VIN breakpoints shown below.

Norwood SOP - DN211085
Van Nuys SOP - DL206761
Just as a precautionary measure, a visual inspection of the air cleaner cover is recommended each time a hood is raised.

WARRANTY INFORMATION

Labor Operation T3093
Time Allowance .3 Hr.