Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date
April 29, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7455U
Make and model
Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial
21909
Aircraft time
59,818 hours, 34,209 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Engine time
57,704 hours, 32,816 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Fuel/Oil Heat
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE AT 135 TO 140 DEGREES FOR 13 MINUTES. WENT TO 150 DEGREES AT SHUT DOWN. WINDMILLED ENGINE FOR 25 MINUTES. RE-STARTED ENGINE ON FINAL, RAN ENGINE FOR 9 MINUTES AND OIL TEMPERATURE 120 DEGREES. OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY GOOD ENTIRE FLIGHT. *S/D* THE RISE IN OIL TEMPERATURE IS SYMPTOMATIC OF A FUEL HEAT (DE-ICE) VALVE THAT WAS STUCK OPEN. IT WAS REPLACED. THE OIL SCREEN WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE CLEAN. THE ENGINE''S OIL WAS REPLACED. THE FUEL OIL COOLER AND THE OIL TEMPERATURE BULB WERE ALSO REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY.