Service difficulty report · Valve · Cirrus SR20

Difficulty date
August 11, 2010
Submitted
August 20, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N623CP
Make and model
Cirrus SR20
Aircraft serial
1946
Engine
Cont IO360ES
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Nr 3 Cylinder
Part time
409 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

DURING ROUTINE 100 HR INSP, FOUND NR 3 CYL EXHAUST VALVE STUCK. WHEREBY, PISTON WAS STRIKING VALVE TOO CLOSE. NR1 & NR 3 CYLINDERS AT SEPARATE TIME HAD ON FIRST START OF DRY (COLD) A ROUGH ENGINE AND A BLANK ON MFG EGT SCREEN. WHY CHANGING FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES FIRST PROBLEM OF ROUGHNESS, DON`T KNOW. USING FLEX BOROSCOPE OF REMAINING CYLINDERS SHOWED THE SAME VALVE MARKS ON NR1, 2 AND 6 PISTONS SHOWING THESE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVES HAD STUCK PREVIOUSLY. MFGS NOTIFIED OF ISSUE.

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