Service difficulty report · Oil Filter · Beech E35

Difficulty date
March 1, 2011
Submitted
March 11, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N85J
Make and model
Beech E35
Aircraft serial
D3774
Engine
Cont E2258
Part
Oil Filter
Part number
AA48109
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
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.

What was found

AFTER START UP AND A SHORT TAXI, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH. SHUTDOWN & NOTICED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RT SIDE COWLING. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OIL FILTER CAN WAS SEPARATING FROM THE BASE. THIS OCCURRED AFTER 6 CYLINDERS WERE REPLACED. MX RUN UPS WERE SATISFACTORY WITH NO LEAKS NOTED. TIME ON FILTER WAS 2.9 TENTHS. REASON FILTER SEPARATED IS UNKNOWN. THE FILTER CAN IS NORMAL WITH NO SIGNS OF BULGING.

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