Service difficulty report · Spring · Cessna 340A

Difficulty date
September 9, 2009
Submitted
October 28, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N340CR
Make and model
Cessna 340A
Aircraft serial
340A0466
Engine
Cont TSIO520NB
Part
Spring
Condition
Broken
Location
Valve
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RT ENGINE REPORTED TO RUN ROUGH DURING APPROACH. ENGINE HAS A 25 RPM MAGNETO DROP. COMPRESSION CHECK INDICATED A LEAKING EXHAUST VALVE WITH THE ENGINE HAVING ALLOWABLE COMPRESION READINGS. CHT'S DID NOT COME UP EVENLY DURING INITIAL ENGINE START UP, SOME LAGGED WAY BEHIND OTHERS. TURBOCHARGERS WERE REPLACED AT LAST ANNUAL 5 HOURS AGO DUE TO THEM REPORTED AS BEING STIFF. ENGINE FUEL FLOWS APPEAR TO BE LOW AND ENGINE IS RUNNING LEAN, NO RISE AT ICO. RECENTLY SEALED LEFT PROP IS LEAKING RED DYE/OIL. REMOVED THE ROCKER BOX COVERS AND FOUND CYL NR 4 WITH BROKEN OUTER VALVE SPRINGS AND CYL NR 5 WITH BROKEN INNER VALVE SPRINGS. REMOVED THE FILTER AND FOUND IT COMTANINATED WITH STEEL PARTICLES.

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