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Engine Replacement Is Only Available from GMSPO as a Short Block -kw 3.0 belt block bracket consumption coolant cover crank cylinder DTC head idle inoperative knock L81 leak low mechanical misfire MIL

Subject:Engine Replacement Is Only Available From GMSPO As A Short Block

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When servicing the vehicle with the VIN you entered, the following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the described symptoms.

Condition/Concern:

The 3.0 L (L81) replacement engine Is only available from GMSPO as a short block assembly. Call PQC For authorization before ordering the short block assembly.

Recommendation/Instructions:

The following part numbers are available from GMSPO to assemble a 3.0 L (L81) Engine short block to a long block engine assembly.

 

Part Number

Short Block

90542281

Parts Required with (P/N 90542281 Short Block

 
 

Part Number

Timing Cover Front

90572780

Timing Cover Rear

90572785

Tensioner Kit, Includes Belt

9201887

Idler Pulley Assembly

9196294

Note: the following consists of other parts the dealer should order to install the short block, gaskets, water pump, head bolts.

Cylinder Head

Part Number

Right

93171048

Left

93171047

This cylinder head does not include valves.

 

Cylinder Head Gasket Kit

Part Number

 

93173679

Cylinder Head Bolts

Part Number

 

90466480 Quantity of 16 (8 Per Head)

Timing Belt

Part Number

Ist Engine Design

90530599 (Engine Unit Number 00000001 to 08300418

Power Steering Bracket

Part Number

Power Steering Bracket (May be necessary to Replace- Order Power Steering bracket for a 1999 model year -this bracket has a cut out to allow clearance for the new front timing cover

90573228

Original Power SteeringBracket (Does not have the cut out to clear the new timing cover)

Part Number

 

90500050

Note: The Engine Unit Number (EUN) is located on the engine at the rear of the cylinder block near the transmission bellhousing mating surface engine. Reference the 1998 Catera SI (Service Information), Volume 1of 3 Page 0 -7 for an Illustration of the Engine Unit Number.

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Please follow this diagnosis process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed. If these steps do not resolve the condition, please contact GM TAC for further diagnostic assistance. This diagnostic approach was developed for the vehicle with the VIN you entered and should not be automatically be used for other vehicles with similar symptoms.

Models:

(98 Cadillac Catera 3.0L L81) and ( 97 Cadillac Catera 3.0L L81)

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