Service difficulty report · Valve · Piper PA32R301

Difficulty date
August 13, 2013
Submitted
August 23, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA32R301
Engine
Lyc IO540*
Part
Valve
Condition
Broken
Location
Vernitherm
Part time
1,026 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

OPERATOR WAS COMPLAINING OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL OIL TEMPERATURES. FOUND VERNATHERM VALVE TO HAVE BROKEN. THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE SEATING VALVE HAD BROKEN OFF THE THREADED PORTION OF THE PART. IT HAD BROKEN WHERE A ROLL PIN SECURES THE NUT TO THE THREADS. THE NUT WAS FOUND IN THE OIL COOLER HOSE WHERE IT COMES OFF THE ACCESSORY CASE GOING TO THE COOLER AND HAD RESTRICTED THE FLOW ENOUGH TO THE COOLER THAT CREATED THE HIGHTER TEMPERATURE. THE FAILED PART WAS NOT OEM BUT A MFG PART.

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