Service difficulty report · Oil Cap · Airbau XTC582

Difficulty date
June 16, 2010
Submitted
June 16, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N582XT
Make and model
Airbau XTC582
Aircraft serial
XT5820072
Aircraft time
12 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX582UL
Part
Oil Cap
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine Oil
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

OIL INJECTION CAP CONTINUES TO CRACK AND LEAK OIL, MFG STATES THAT WE ARE PUTTING TO MUCH FORCE ON THE CAP WHILE INSTALLING. WE HAVE RUN ARE OWN TEST AND VERFIED THAT WE ARE NOT. IF WE INSTALL THE CAP WHERE MFG WOULD LIKE US TO, THEN IT WILL VIBRATE LOOSE IN FLIGHT. WHEN THE CAP CRACKS, IT DOES LEAK OIL. THE TANK SITS ABOVE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE A FIRE ONE OF THESE DAYS ON THESE TYPES OF ACFT.