What was found
CUSTOMER REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. FOUND FUEL FLOW DIVIDER ON ENGINE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM DIAPHRAGM. HAD UNIT O/H AND FOUND PART TO ORIGINAL JAN 1967 PART. PART HAD NOT BEEN O/H IN 43 YEARS.
- Difficulty date
- February 2, 2010
- Submitted
- February 12, 2010
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4133R
- Make and model
- Piper PA32300
- Aircraft serial
- 3240450
- Engine
- Lyc IO540K1A5
- System (JASC)
- 7320 · Fuel Controlling System
- Part
- Diaphragm
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Flow Divider
- Part time
- 2,635 hours
- Component
- Flow Divider
- Component part number
- 25242401
- 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.