Service difficulty report · Injector · Cessna 310R

Difficulty date
March 3, 2014
Submitted
March 7, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N37250
Make and model
Cessna 310R
Aircraft serial
310R0976
Engine
Cont IO520M
Engine time
40 hours
Part
Injector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO INFORM MAINTENANCE OF THE CYLINDERS THAT WERE HAVING ISSUES FROM THE ENGINE MONITOR INDICATION. MAINTENANCE FOUND SMALL AMOUNTS OF DIRT IN THE INJECTORS OF THE AFFECTED CYLINDERS. INJECTORS WERE CLEANED AND LINES REMOVED, FLUSHED AND REINSTALLED. OPS AND FLIGHT CHECK OF THE ACFT WAS SATISFACTORY AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED. MAINTENANCE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS AND FUEL TRANSDUCERS HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE FUEL LINES AS PART OF THE ENGINE MONITOR INSTALLATION APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARE SPECULATING THAT THE CONTAMINATION IN THE INJECTORS MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THAT INSTALLATION, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE FOR SURE.

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