Service difficulty report · Fuel Line · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
August 16, 2000
Submitted
November 8, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N567JW
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8187
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Part
Fuel Line
Condition
Vapor Lock
Location
Fuel Distribute
Part time
662 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED AT 2,400 RPM, NO CLIMB POWER. TRIED ADJUSTING MIXTURE SETTINGS, NOTHING WORKED. ENGINE COUGHED ON DOWNWIND, ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. MAINT ATTEMPTED ENGINE START AFTER PARKING ACFT. ENGINE WAS VAPOR LOCKED, WITH ELEC BOOST PUMP ON AND MIXTURE IN FULL RICH, NO FUEL FLOW COULD BE ATTAINED, NO FUEL WOULD FLOW FROM DRAIN. AFTER ENG COOLED, APPROX 1 HOUR, ENGINE WAS STARTED, OIL TEMP INDICATED 150 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. ENGINE OPERATION WAS NORMAL, FULL POWER COULD BE DEVELOPED, AND MAGNETO CHECK NORMAL. ADJ MADE TO THE IDLE MIXTURE TO ENRICH IT, AND THE IDLE SPEED RE-ADJUSTED. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN, RELEASED FOR FLIGHT WITH NO ABNORMALTIES NOTED. ENGINE FUEL SERVO REPLACED IN JULY, SAME PROBLEM.(X)

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