Service difficulty report · Injector · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
October 8, 2001
Submitted
October 10, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N428SA
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8547
Aircraft time
597 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Engine time
597 hours
Propeller
Mcauly 1A170E
Part
Injector
Part number
LW18265
Condition
Clogged
Location
Engine
Part time
597 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 THAT DURING CLIMBOUT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, AT WHICH TIME HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT (PHX). TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION ON A GROUND RUN UP. THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES WERE REMOVED & INSPECTED AND THE NR 2 INJECTOR WAS FOUND TO BE PLUGGED. THE INJECTOR NOZZLES WERE CLEANED & REINSTALLED. THE ENGINE RUNUP WAS NORMAL AND SMOOTH, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO PHOENIX.

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