Service difficulty report · Valve Spring · Piper PA60601P

Difficulty date
March 27, 2012
Submitted
May 11, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6077T
Make and model
Piper PA60601P
Aircraft serial
61P072380633
Engine
Lyc TIO540U2A
Part
Valve Spring
Part number
LW1797
Condition
Broken
Location
Exhaust Valves
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

LT ENGINE, AFTER NOTICING MANIFOLD PRESSURE SPLITS, AND A COLD RUNING NR 3 CYLINDER, INSPECTED AND FOUND INNER AND OUTER EXHAUST VALVE SPRINGS BROKEN. REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, LT ENGINE OK, BUT NOTICED AN OCCASIONALLY MISS AND COOLER RUNNING NR 6 CYLINDER ON RT ENGINE. INSPECTED AND FOUND THE INNER SPRING BROKEN ON NR 6 EXHAUST VALVE. REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS FOR NR 6 EXHAUST VALVE ON RT ENGINE. NEXT FLIGHT SAME DISCREPENCY, ONLY REPORTEDLY NR 2 CYLINDER RUNNING COOLER. INSPECTED, AND AGAIN FOUND INNER VALVE SPRING FOR NR 2 EXHAUST BROKEN. REMOVED ALL REMAINING VALVE COVERS FOR BOTH ENGINES. FOUND ON LT ENGINE CYLINDER NR 2 EXHAUST INNER SPRING BROKEN AND ON RT ENGINE CYLINDERS NR 1,2, 3 AND 4 EXHAUST INNER SPRIING BROKEN.

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