Service difficulty report · Oil Filter · Cessna 152

Difficulty date
July 21, 2008
Submitted
August 6, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4900H
Make and model
Cessna 152
Aircraft serial
15284009
Engine
Lyc O235*
Part
Oil Filter
Part number
CH481101
Part serial
CE262007
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Engine
Part time
1 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

FILTER INSTALLED AND OIL CHANGE RUN-UP NORMAL. FIRST FLIGHT AFTER OIL CHANGE, PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DROPPING AND HIGH OIL TEMP, UNABLE TO CORRECT, PILOT RETURNED TO ORIGIN AND REPORTED FINDINGS. INVESTIGATION FOUND FILTER ELEMENT DEBRIS UNDER PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAUSING LOW OIL PRESSURE, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION A SECOND FILTER OF SAME DATE CODE WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOOSE DEBRIS IN THE FILTERED SIDE OF THE FILTER ELEMENT AND THE ELEMENT WAS BONDED ON ONE END ONLY. THE ENGINE GULLIES WERE FLUSHED WITH AIR AND SEVERAL PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE FOUND, A NOW FILTER OF DIFFERENT DATE CODE WAS INSTALLED, SEVERAL GROUND RUNS WERE MADE, NO SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS WAS FOUND. A NEW FILTER OF A DIFFERENT MFG WAS INSTALLED AND ENGINE RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. (K)

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