SMU - SECTION 6E - ENGINE CONTROLS - REVISED DTC P0300. Buick Riviera 1996

SUBJECT: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE-SECTION 6E-ENGINE CONTROLS- REVISED DTC P0300 DIAGNOSTIC TABLE

MODELS: 1996-97 BUICK LESABRE, RIVIERA 1996 BUICK PARK AVENUE 1995-97 CHEVROLET CAMARO 1996 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY EIGHT, LSS, NINETY EIGHT 1997 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY EIGHT, LSS, REGENCY 1995-97 PONTIAC FIREBIRD 1996-97 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WITH 3.8L ENGINE (VINS 1, K - RPOS L67, L36)

THIS BULLETIN IS BEING ISSUED TO REVISE THE DTC P0300 - ENGINE MISFIRE DETECTED DIAGNOSTIC TABLE IN ENGINE CONTROLS, SECTION 6E. THE PREVIOUS DIAGNOSTIC TABLE INCLUDED A STEP INSTRUCTING THE TECHNICIAN TO DISCONNECT THE MAF SENSOR WHILE MONITORING THE MISFIRE INFORMATION ON THE SCAN TOOL. THE MISFIRE INFORMATION ON THE SCAN TOOL WILL STOP UPDATING WITH THE MAF SENSOR DISCONNECTED. THE REVISED TABLE REMOVES STEPS INSTRUCTING THE TECHNICIAN TO DISCONNECT THE MAF SENSOR.

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