Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
July 18, 2001
Submitted
July 18, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N949SP
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8145
Aircraft time
1,053 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Engine time
1,053 hours
Part
Servo
Part number
25765362
Part serial
70168304
Condition
Frozen
Location
Fuel Injector
Part time
1,053 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY, TEMP 89F, DA 9444. ENGINE START WAS DIFFICULT, TAXI AND ENGINE RUN UP NORMAL. AIRCRAFT TOOK THE RUN WAY FOR TAKE OFF. WHEN THROTTLE WAS OPENED TO FULL POWER, ENGINE HAD POPPING NOISE AND WOULD ONLY DEVELOP 2000 RPM. TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED FOR LOW POWER. A CLEAR LINE WAS INSTALLED FROM THE FUEL INJECTION SERVO TO THE FLOW DIVIDER IAW PRECISION AIRMOTIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING MANUAL AND EXCESSIVE VAPOR IN THE LINE WAS DISPLACING THE FUEL WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUN. THE ENGINE WAS ALLOWED TO COOL COMPLETELY AND RESTARTED, NO VAPOR WAS DETECTED AND ALL OPERATION WAS NORMAL INCLUDING FUEL FLOW WITH THE ENGINE DEVELOPING FULL POWER. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN AND RELEASED.

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