Technical Service Bulletin

Technical Service Bulletin: TSB150111 Released Date: 21-Jan-2019

New Cylinder Head Capscrew

New Cylinder Head Capscrew

Warranty Statement
The information in this document has no effect on present warranty coverage or repair practices, nor does it
authorize TRP or Campaign actions.

Contents
Product Affected
QSK78 CM500
QSK78PG CM500
QSK78PG CM850
Description of Change

A new cylinder head capscrew has been released that incorporates a new coating material to prevent corrosion.
Reason for Change
This new part release is a product improvement to address broken cylinder head capscrews being witnessed on
QSK78 product.
Service Parts Availability

Table 1, Cylinder Head Capscrew

Part Description Obsolete Part Number New Part Number
Capscrew 3640524 4373000

Part Compatibility
New and old cylinder head capscrews are not able to be mixed on the same cylinder head.
New and old cylinder head capscrews can be mixed on the same engine at different cylinder head locations.
Part Identification
The new cylinder head capscrew will have “VIMI” stamped on the capscrew head. See Figure 1.
An interim batch of capscrews were released with “M” stamped on the capscrew head. See Figure 2.

Part Structure
The existing part number has been obsoleted and superseded by the new part number.
Part Reuse criteria
Part Number 4373000 should be discarded upon removal and not re-used upon repair or rebuild.
Part number 3640524 (Obsoleted part number as listed in Table 1) can be re-used, if it meets re-use criteria,
specified in Troubleshooting and Repair Manual bulletin number 3666727. Reference section 002-004.

Table 2, Production Information

 ESN First
Table 2, Production Information Build Date1 Plant

ESN First Build Date1 Plant

66303679 02 September 2015 Daventry
1Engine build date can be found on the engine dataplate.

All factory construction applications will be built using the new cylinder head capscrews. Power generation builds
will continue to use the existing cylinder head capscrew until stock has been depleted.

Document History
Date Details
2015-7-14 Module Created

2016-5-19 Added Figure 1 and Figure 2.

2019-1-18 Non-Product Problem Solving (PPS)

Last Modified: 21-Jan-2019