Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
January 5, 2001
Submitted
February 23, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N567JW
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8187
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Part
Servo
Part number
25765362
Part serial
70217008
Condition
Vapor Lock
Location
Fuel Servo
Part time
163 hours
Component
Fuel Servo
Component part number
25765362
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENGINE START, RUN UP AND TAKEOFF NORMAL, WHEN THROTTLE WAS RETARDED, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH WITH POPPING OUT EXHAUST. MIXTURE WAS READJUSTED WITH NO CHANGE. ADVANCED THROTTLE AND RETURNED TO HOME STATION. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. ENGINE RUN UP AFTER ENGINE HAD COOLED COMPLETELY INDICATED NO DEFECTS, ALL OPERATION NORMAL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF ENGINE FOUND NO DEFECTS. CONCLUDED THAT FUEL VAPORIZATION CAUSED ROUGHNESS AT IDLE IN FLIGHT WITH INCREASED TEMPS, RETARDED THROTTLE AND REDUCED AIRFLOW THRU ENG AS THIS HAS BEEN CONTINUING PROBLEM. COOLING MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON AC ENGINE TO INCLUDE INVERTING FUEL FLOW DIVIDER.

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