Service difficulty report · Valve Seat · Piper PA18150

Difficulty date
July 20, 2001
Submitted
August 28, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N272CC
Make and model
Piper PA18150
Aircraft serial
9925CC
Engine
Lyc O360*
Part
Valve Seat
Part number
72057
Condition
Leaking
Location
Intake Port
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING COMPRESSION CHECK, LOW CYLINDER PRESSURE WAS DISCOVERED. LEAKAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE BETWEEN NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE AND VALVE SEAT. AFTER REMOVING INTAKE VALVE, FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED POOR CONDITION OF VALVE SEAT IN REGARDS TO A LACK OF A DISTINCT CONTACT WEAR PATTERN WITH VALVE. APPROXIMATELY ONLY ONE QUARTER OF THE DIAMETER OF THE VALVE SEAT SHOWED CLEAN CONTACT WITH THE VALVE WHILE THE OTHER THREE QUARTERS APPEARED ROUGH WITH EVIDENCE OF COMPRESSION BLOWBY. LEAKAGE CAUSED BY POOR SEAL BETWEEN VALVE AND SEAT DUE TO POSSIBLE IMPROPER VALVE SEAT INSTALLATION, VALVE LAPPING OR VALVE GUIDE BOSS NOT TRUE WITH VALVE SEAT FACE.

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