Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Cessna 337B

Difficulty date
May 15, 2006
Submitted
July 26, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2362S
Make and model
Cessna 337B
Aircraft serial
3370662
Engine
Cont IO360CONT
Part
Exhaust Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Nr 4
Part time
275 hours
Component
Cylinder
Component part number
655478A4
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. PERFORMED COLD COMPRESSION CHECK. COMPRESSION WAS ZERO. AIR LOOKING PAST EXHAUST VALVE. REMOVED ROCKER ARM COVER, NOTED EXHAUST VALVE STICKING IN OPEN POSITION. REMOVED CYLINDER. PISTON HAD STRUCK EXHAUST VALVE. REPLACED CYLINDER AND PISTON. PISTON WAS DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL PN WAS THE SAME, TOP OF PISTON WAS CONCAVE WHERE AS ORIGINAL PISTON WAS FLAT. (K)

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