8M2001044 Mercruiser VALVE KIT, Relief, Down

04Feb2011
(Revised 01Mar2011)
U-48
D-42
O-44
Before/After
PRODUCT SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR UPDATING THE ENGINE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SOFTWARE ON CERTAIN C9 INDUSTRIAL ENGINES INSTALLED IN PRINOTH SNOW GROOMERS EXHIBITING HARD STARTING IN COLD TEMPERATURES
1901 1920 PS43230
This Program must be administered either before or after failure.In either case the decision whether to apply the Program is made by the dealer. When reporting the repair, use "PS43230" as the Part Numberand "7755" as the Group Number. If administered before failure, use "56" as the Warranty Claim Description Code and "T" as the SIMS Description code.If administered after failure, use "96" as the Warranty Claim Description Code, and "Z" as the SIMS Description Code.
The information supplied in this service letter may not be valid after the termination date of this program.Do not perform the work outlined in this Service Letter after the termination date without first contacting your Caterpillar product analyst.
This Revised Service Letter replaces the 04Feb2011 (Revised 11Feb2011) Service Letter. Changes have been made to Affected Product.
TERMINATION DATE
29Feb2012
PROBLEM
The existing 341-8283 Software, updated to 360-8843 Software, has been found to fail in certain C9 Industrial engines installed in Prinoth Snowgroomers. These engines have had issues with hard starting at colder temperatures and high altitude. New software has been established with a more robust cold starting strategy.
AFFECTED PRODUCT
Model Identification Number
C9 JSC00446, 453, 513-515, 819, 822-824, 1051-1054, 1056, 1061, 1063, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1212-1221, 1302, 1304-1309, 1311-1313, 1413, 1417-1418, 1421, 1423-1424, 1426-1428, 1430-1431, 1471-1480, 1515-1518, 1520, 1522-1525, 1527-1532, 1535-1536, 1598, 1614-1621, 1627-1630, 1672-1676, 1698, 1700, 1702-1703, 2241, 2252, 2338, 2344-2346, 2354, 2360-2361, 2363, 2366, 2370, 2488, 2490-2498, 2513-2514, 2519-2521, 2524, 2526, 2530, 2532, 2536-2537, 2541, 2544, 2547-2548, 2550, 2552, 2554-2555, 2557-2558, 2570, 2605, 2612, 2617-2619, 2621, 2624-2626, 2628, 2666-2668, 2671, 2674, 2676-2678, 2682, 2684-2686, 2688, 2697, 2700-2701, 2704-2705, 2711, 2718, 2821, 2840, 2842, 2844-2850, 2855, 3036-3037, 3040, 3049, 3056, 3058, 3066, 3069, 3071, 3073, 3078, 3098, 3102, 3105, 3107, 3110-3111, 3116, 3118, 3129, 3131, 3134-3135, 3137-3141, 3143-3145, 3219, 3221-3222, 3224, 3227-3231, 3238, 3337, 3341, 3343, 3350-3354, 3356-3358, 3360-3361, 3363-3364, 3367-3369, 3886, 3888-3889, 3893-3894, 3896-3903, 3906, 3908, 3918, 3941, 3945, 3952, 3954-3955, 3957-3958, 3960, 3962-3963, 3967, 3985, 3990-3991, 4596-4597, 4711, 4713, 4931, 4938, 5098-5099, 5101, 5364-5367, 5369-5374, 5914, 5916, 5920, 5926, 5928, 5933, 5935, 5938-5939, 5949, 6013-6014, 6016, 6021, 6023, 6033, 6035, 6039-6041, 6044, 6050, 6053, 6057, 6059, 6061, 6067, 6071, 6073, 6078-6079, 6082-6085, 6087-6088, 6090-6093, 6095-6102, 6104, 6106-6109, 6112-6120, 6122-6123, 6127, 6130, 6132-6133, 6137, 6144-6145, 6148-6150, 6154, 6158-6159, 6161-6162, 6165, 6167, 6170, 6173, 6175, 6179, 6181-6182, 6184-6185, 6407, 6409, 6411-6412, 6414-6416, 6420, 6433, 6436, 6441, 6454, 7022, 7025, 7029, 7031, 7038, 7042-7043, 7052, 7073, 7083, 7085, 7089, 7101, 7115, 7118, 7123, 7249, 7260, 7265, 7273, 7289, 7293-7294, 7296, 7306, 7310, 7317, 7321, 7386, 7561, 7567, 7571, 7573, 7581, 7585, 7587, 7591, 7598, 7600, 7605-7606, 7608, 7612, 7620, 7624, 7627, 7630, 7652, 7655, 7664, 7667, 7671, 7682, 7688, 7693-7694, 7705-7707, 7710, 7729, 7733, 7740, 7744, 7885, 7888, 7892-7893, 7898, 7911-7914, 7917, 7928-7929, 7937-7938, 7942, 7944-7946, 7953-7954, 7957, 7959, 7962, 7966-7967, 7971, 7978-7979, 7984, 7987, 8010, 8016, 8018, 8022, 8025-8026, 8028-8029, 8036-8037, 8044-8045, 8150, 8152, 8154-8159, 8161, 8164-8166, 9668, 10493, 10498, 10504, 10506-10507, 10509, 10511, 10513-10516, 10518-10520, 10531-10532, 10534, 10538-10539, 10542, 10546-10548, 10605, 10608, 10799, 10803-10805, 10808, 10846, 10849, 10855, 10858, 10860, 10862, 10874, 10876, 10878-10879, 11146, 11148, 11150, 11153-11154, 11237, 11240-11241, 11243-11247, 11249, 11254, 11278, 11283, 11286, 11291, 11293-11294, 11296-11297, 11301, 11306, 11319-11320, 11323-11327, 11329-11331, 11445, 11449, 11451, 11456, 11458-11460, 11465, 11468, 11482, 11499-11500, 11503, 12209, 12212, 12217, 12221, 12228, 12236, 12239-12240, 12245, 12270, 12293, 12297, 12306, 12315, 12326, 12368-12369, 12373, 12376, 12380-12381, 12386, 12392, 12400, 12413, 12507, 12519-12520, 12522-12523, 12525, 12527-12528, 12531, 12537, 12539-12540, 12547, 12549, 12554, 12881-12882, 12891-12892, 12896-12897, 12900, 12903, 12907, 12911-12912, 12915, 12917, 12920, 12927, 12929, 12936-12937, 12939, 12943, 12952, 12964-12965, 12987, 12990, 12995, 13002, 13005, 13009-13010, 13373, 13389, 13394, 13396, 13402, 13413-13414, 13423, 13434, 13436, 13753-13754, 13760-13762, 13773, 13775, 13777, 13780-13783, 13785-13786, 13790, 13792-13793, 13796-13797, 13800, 13885, 13888, 13891, 13895-13896, 13900, 13904-13905, 13908, 13910, 13916, 13919, 13926, 13931, 13938-13939, 13941-13942, 13945, 14322, 14325, 14328, 14331, 14333, 14338, 14340, 14343, 14345, 14355-14356, 14359, 14361, 14365, 14367-14368, 14370, 14377, 14589, 14591-14592, 14596, 14607, 14617-14618, 14977, 14982, 14987, 15004, 15015, 15017, 15024, 15034, 15036, 15046, 15049-15050, 15075, 15077, 15088-15089, 15099-15100, 15104, 15126, 15131, 15143, 15147, 15150, 15153, 15869-15870, 15875, 15883, 15893, 15895, 15909, 15921, 15923, 15938, 15955, 15971, 16251, 16283, 16301, 16433, 16446-16447, 16458-16459, 16483, 16492, 16501-16502, 16684, 16689, 16697, 16699, 16702, 16725, 16744, 16751, 16759, 16762, 17108, 17125, 17132, 17138, 17140, 18280, 18296, 18308, 18313, 18339, 18398, 18401, 18407, 18414, 18538, 18540, 18578, 18649, 18652, 18654, 18656, 18660, 18664, 18672, 18674, 18683, 18685-18686, 18700-18701, 18703, 18708-18709, 18712, 18714-18716, 18729, 18781, 18788, 18793-18795, 18800, 18810, 18829, 18833, 18842, 18908, 189