JASC 8530
Service difficulty reports · 4,341
Reports filed under 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section, newest first.
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SDR CA091113003Guide · broken(CAN) BROKEN VALVE GUIDE DETECTED AS THE ANNUAL 1 100 HR INSPECTION. CYLINDER ASSY REMOVED, LOW COMPRESSION ON DIFFERENTIAL TEST 20/80 SENT TO AMO FOR REPAIR NOTE: CYLINDER ASSY WAS PURCHASED NEW OCT. 2004 - 245.0 HR.SDR 2009FA0000981Bushing · fracturedWHEN BURNISHING NEW VALVE ROCKER BUSHING IN VALVE ROCKER ARM, THE BUSHING FRAGMENTED. IMPROPER MFG SUSPECTED. (K)SDR 2009FA0001016Valve · stuckON START UP AND TAXI OUT OF THE ACFT, THE EXHAUST AND INTAKE VALVES STUCK. THIS CAUSED BOTH PUSH RODS TO BEND. AND THE LIFTER PLUNGER WAS LOCKED UP UPON FURTHER INSP. THE ENG WAS USING W100 OIL AND HAD ONLY 634.8 HOURS SINCE NEW.SDR 2009FA0001015Valve · stuckON START UP AND TAXI OUT OF THE ACFT, EXHAUST AND INTAKE VALVES STUCK. THIS CAUSED BOTH PUSH RODS TO BEND. AND LIFTER PLUNGER WAS LOCKED UP UPON FURTHER INSP. ENG WAS USING W100 OIL AND HAD ONLY 634.8 HOURS SINCE NEW.SDR 2009FA0000975Bushing · inaccurateCYLINDER NR 4 ROCKER SHAFT BUSINGS IMPROPER INTERFERENCE FIT WITH ROCKER SHAFT. DEFECT FOUND DURING DISASSEMBLY PHASE OF OVERHAUL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCKER SHAFT FROM CYLINDER. PROBABLE CAUSE IS IMPROPER MFG. (K)SDR AG2R2010002Cylinder Head · crackedBOTTOM SPARK PLUG CRACK, EXHAUST SEAT CRACK, FUEL INJECTOR BOSS CRACK, AND INTAKE PORT CRACK. TOO SEVERE FOR REPAIR.SDR CA091027006Cylinder Head · separated(CAN) THE LOWER SPARK PLUG (WITH HELI COIL AND GASKET STILL ATTACHED) SEPERATED FROM CYLINDER HEAD NR 4. CYLINDER HEAD NR 4 HAS MISSING THREADS AND PEICES OF HELI COIL STILL EMBEDDED IN REMAINING THREADS. IT APPEARS THAT THE HELI COIL INSERT BROKE APART AND TOSDR 2009FA0001050Cylinder · destroyed(2) FLT HRS INTO CRUISE FLT, ENGINE LOST POWER ON NR 2 CYL AS INDICATED ON UBG-16. SHORTLY AFTER, NR 2 CYL JUG BLEW THROUGH THE ENG COWL, SPRAYING OIL OVER WINDSCREEN. ACFT WAS LANDED ON A 2 LANE STATE HWY. CYL REMAINED HANGING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ACFT HESDR CA091019006Cylinder · failed(CAN) - STRONG SLOPE ALONG TAKEOFF (2000 RPM) - ASKED FOR PRIORITY LANDING - BURST VALVE EXHAUST CYL NR 2 WAS FOUND - REPLACED THE CYL NR 2 SAL0200-1A S/N 01344 WITH GASKET KIT AND NEW SPARK PLUG (2X) REM40E, RUN-UP CLOUT MAX RPM 2450 LEAK CHECK CLOUT AND OK, SDR 2009FA0000932Cylinder · failedPROBLEM ORIGINATED FROM A ROUGH RUNING ENGINE CAUSED BY BROKEN CYLINDER VALVE SPRINGS. CYLINDER WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIR AT THIS TIME SPALLED CAMSHAFT AND LIFTERS WERE OBSERVED NECESSITATING A COMPLETE ENGINE TEARDOWN WHICH EXPOSED THE ADDITIONAL PARTS WITH CORSDR 2009FA0000845Cylinder · crackedREPAIRED CYLINDER FOUND TO BE CRACKED SPARK PLUG TO INJECTOR.SDR 2009FA0000976Cylinder · wornTHIS ENG WAS O/H IN MAR 2007 AND CURRENTLY HAS 237.3 HRS SINCE O/H. THE MATERIAL AT LWR END OF THE INTAKE VALVE KEYS WORE AWAY ALLOWING THE UPPER VALVE SPRING SEAT TO MOVE TOO HIGH ON THE VALVE STEM. THIS CAUSED THE ROCKER ARM TIP TO WEAR ABNORMALLY RESULTINSDR 2009FA0000804Cylinder · crackedDURING VISUAL INSP CONCURRENT WITH OIL AND FILTER CHANGE, THE NR 4 CYLINDER WAS FOUND CRACKED, UPPER, OUTBOARD FIN, RADIUSING DOWN TO CYLINDER HEAD BASE LT OF SPARK PLUG AND IN BETWEEN LOWER FIN AND HEAD.SDR CA091005009Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF AD 2009-19-07, MSB 09-1, NR 5 CYL HEAD FOUND CRACKED.SDR 2009FA0000970Cylinder Head · crackedCYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT THE INTAKE PORT. THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE INTAKE PORT TO BETWEEN THE COOLING FINS APPROX 2.5". (K)SDR 2009FA0000969Cylinder Head · crackedCYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT THE EXHAUST PORT. THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE INSIDE ABOVE THE VALVE SEAT THROUGH THE CYLINDER HEAD APPROX 1.7" LONG. (K)SDR 2009FA0000844Cylinder · crackedREPAIRED CYLINDER FOUND TO BE CRACKED SAME PLACE AS OTHERS, SPARK PLUG TO INJECTOR.SDR CA090921006Cylinder · broken(CAN) THIS PN OF CYL ALREADY HAS AN AD AGAINST IT (AD 2008-19-05) THIS CYLINDER IS S/N NOT APPLICABLE ACCORDING TO THE AD. THE CYLINDER HEAD POPPED RIGHT OFF OF THE CYLINDER IN NORMAL CRUISE CONDITIONS. THIS INCIDENT LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE ASDR OW62009F00000Cylinder · brokenPART 135 OPERATOR WITH 6 PERSONS ON BOARD, SCENIC TOUR FLIGHT. NR 5 CYLINDER/BARREL SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. ACFT MADE EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING.SDR CA090918005Cylinder · cracked(CAN) DURING THE CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, THE RT ENG BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGH. CREW REDUCED POWER SETTING ON RT ENGINE AND CONTINUED ON TO DESTINATION. UPON ARRIVAL, AN INSP REVEALED A CRACKED CYL AND LEAKING OIL ON INSIDE OF THE COWLING. MX REPLACED THE CYSDR 2009FA0000942Spring · brokenRT ENGINE REPORTED TO RUN ROUGH DURING APPROACH. ENGINE HAS A 25 RPM MAGNETO DROP. COMPRESSION CHECK INDICATED A LEAKING EXHAUST VALVE WITH THE ENGINE HAVING ALLOWABLE COMPRESION READINGS. CHT'S DID NOT COME UP EVENLY DURING INITIAL ENGINE START UP, SOME LASDR CA090908005Valve Stem · brokenDURING CRUISE UPON RETURN TO BASE ENG DROPPED ABOUT 300 RPM AND BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION EXHAUST VALVE FACE HAD BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES AND VALVE STEM WAS BENT AND HAD BROKEN JUST BELOW THE TIP WITH ALL 3 PIECES BEING FOUNDSDR 2009FA0000772Tappet · nickedTAPPET BODIES RECEIVED FROM MFG WERE FOUND TO BE FULL OF NICKS AND POROSITY. (K)SDR CA090901013Cylinder · damagedIN CRUISE AT 5000 FT, HEARD LOUD SOUND AND NOTICED ON RT ENG, AN OIL LEAK. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOW. ACFT WAS REROUTED TO AN AIRPORT. ENG FOUND WITH CYL NR 2 UNSECURE FROM CRANKCASE, BOLT SHEARED. CONNECTING ROD HAD SEVERE DAMAGED. ENG SENT FOR REPAIR.SDR 2009FA0000966Cylinder Head · damagedAN INFLIGHT CYL HEAD SEPARATION OF PN 65098, SN 85550-05 CYLINDER RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING. (K)SDR CA090827003Cylinder · damaged(CAN) UPON RECIEVING THE NEW PART, CYL WAS REMOVED FROM BOX AND ALL PACKING MATERIAL REMOVED AND CARRIED OUT A VISUAL ACCEPTANCE CHECK AND DURING THE VISUAL INSP, A GOUGE ABOUT AN INCH LONG THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE CYL BORE WAS FOUND NEAR THE CYSDR 2009FA0000746Cylinder Head · brokenCYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM BARREL.SDR AG2R91788.1Cylinder Head · crackedEXHAUST SEAT CRACK TOO SEVERE FOR REPAIR. ACFT MFG, MODEL, SN, TOTAL TIME AND CYLCES ARE UNKNOWN.SDR CA090818005Spring · brokenDURING A POST MX GROUND RUN, THE ENG WAS FOUND TO BE RUNNING ROUGH AND VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY. POST-SHUTDOWN, A CHECK FOR COMPRESSION WAS CARRIED OUT, BUT THERE WAS NONE FOUND ON THE NR 4 CYL. REMOVAL OF THE ROCKER COVER REVEALED THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS SPRUNG SDR 2009FA0000719Boss · mismanufacturedWHILE PERFORMING INCOMING INSP OF A NEW MFG CYLINDER. THE CYLINDER PUSH ROD HSG BOSS WAS FOUND TO HAVE NOT BEEN MACHINED FOR THE PUSH ROD HAS SEAL DURING THE MFG OF THE CYLINDER. (K)SDR 2009FA0000690Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON #1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBLESDR 2009FA0000689Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON NR 1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBSDR 2009FA0000688Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON NR 1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBSDR 2009FA0000687Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON NR 1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBSDR 2009FA0000686Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON NR 1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBSDR 2009FA0000685Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE ENGINE OIL CHANGE, FUEL STAINS WERE NOTED ON INTAKE MANIFOLD BELOW EACH CYLINDER INTAKE PORT AND BETWEEN CYLINDER HEAD FINS IN THIS AREA. PERFORMED DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION TEST WITH LOW COMPRESSION NOTED ON NR 1 AND 5 CYLINDERS. SOAP BUBBLE LSDR CA090813007Cylinder · crackedIN CRUISE, LEANING OF NR 2 ENG CAUSED BACKFIRING AND A BMEP DROP. ONCE INVESTIGATED NR 2 CYLINDER ON NR 2 ENG FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED EXHAUST EAR.SDR CA090826009Valve Spring · broken(CAN) CREW REPORTED RT ENG RUNNING ROUGH. UPON INSP, MX FOUND NR5 CYL EXHAUST VALVE SPRING BROKEN. SPRING REPLACED AND ENG GROUND RUN NORMAL.SDR CA090805004Cylinder · pressure lossREPORTED HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, FOUND NR 2 CYL LOW COMPRESSION 20/80 PAST RINGS.SDR CA090915006Cylinder · wrong part(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THE NR 1 AND 3 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND TO HAVE LOW COMPRESSION. THE CYLINDERS AND PISTONS WERE REMOVED AND SENT IN FOR REPAIR. AFTER RECEIVING THE CYLINDERS AND PISTONS, DISCOVERED THAT THE PISTONS PART NUMBERS WERE THAT OF A "U"SDR CA090731004Exhaust Valve · stickingENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, MISSING ETC. DP PERFORMED AND FOUND 0/80, FOUND STUCK VALVE IN OPEN POSITION.SDR CA090731003Exhaust Valve · stuck(CAN) EXHAUST VALVE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION.SDR 2009FA0000894Cylinder Head · separatedON FINAL, PILOT LOST OIL AND ENGINE WENT TO ROUGH RUNNING. ONCE LANDED, POPPED COWLING AND FOUND HEAD SEPARATED FROM BARREL. (K)SDR 2009FA0000677Valve · burnedDURING TAKE OFF AND CLIMB OUT AT ABOUT 200 FEET OFF RUNWAY PILOT EXPERIENCED ENG STALL, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WITH ENG RESTARTING AND STALLING SEVERAL TIMES, ENG WAS INSPECTED WITH BORESCOPE AND COMPRESSION GAUGE. NR 1 CYL HAD NO COMPRESSION AND HAD SCSDR CA090722003Cylinder · cracked(CAN) WHILE TAXING IN, HISSING SOUND FROM ENG COULD BE HEARD. UPON VISUAL INSP OF ENGINE, CRACK ON NR 4 CYL WAS DISCOVERED.SDR CA090724002Cylinder · cracked(CAN) "STRANGE" VIBRATION WAS NOTICED BY THE PILOT IN FLIGHT ALONG WITH A LOT OF GRAY COLORED OIL LEAKING FROM THE PUSH ROD HSG TUBES. REF RPM CHECK WAS FOUND TO BE LOW AND A COMPRESSON TEST WAS DONE AND FOUND TO BE 8/80 PSI UPON CLOSER INSP. IT WAS FOUND TSDR BSYA2009040Bolt · pulledAFTER TAKEOFF OUT OF SYR RIGHT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED. AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO SYR WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 5 CYLINDER INTAKE PIPE HOLD DOWN BOLT PULLED THE THREADS OUT OF CYLINDER. MAINTENANCE HELICOILED CYLINDER, OPS CHECKED SDR 2009FA0000712Cylinder · peelingCYLINDER BARREL PEELING FOUND AFTER A LOW COMPRESSION TEST. THE BARREL PEELED IN AN AREA APPROX 2 INCHES WIDE. THE METAL CONTAMINATED THE ENG LUBRICATION SYS REQUIRING A COMPLETE TEARDOWN OF THE ENG. THIS CYL WAS INSTALLED AT ENG O/H ON 5/30/2009. (K)SDR FFKA139Stud · shearedPILOT REPORTED-ENG ROUGHNESS, WAS NOTICED ON THE LT ENGINE, TURNED ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP AND ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN BETTER BUT UNABLE TO MATCH MANIFOLD TO RT ENGINE. VISIBLE OIL FROM RT SIDE OF COWLING WAS NOTICED AND ENG WAS SHUTDOWN AND FEATHERED. MX INVESDR BSYA2009038Rocker · brokenAFTER DEPARTING HOU, THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED SURGING 50 RPM ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED TO HOU. FOUND LEFT ENGINE NR 1 CYLINDER INTAKE ROCKER ARM BROKEN. REPLACED CYLINDER, ROCKER ARM AND LIFTER.
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