Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Lancar LC41550FG

Difficulty date
June 25, 2018
Submitted
June 25, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N405JA
Make and model
Lancar LC41550FG
Aircraft serial
411019
Aircraft time
1,538 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO550C
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
658603A4
Part serial
AC18A680
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
11 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS AFTER THE NR 5 CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW FACTORY CYLINDER KIT, THE PILOT NOTIFIED US THAT THE NR 5 CYLINDER WOULD NOT "WARM UP" AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. EXAMINED THE ENGINE DATA AND CONFIRMED THAT THE NR 5 WAS NOT GETTING ABOVE 180 DEGREES AND EXHIBITED LOW EGT'S. AFTER AWHILE, AND AT HIGHER POWER SETTINGS, BOTH CHT AND EGT CAME UP IN LINE WITH THE OTHER CYLINDERS. THIS PROBLEM WAS REPEATABLE. THROUGH A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE INTAKE VALVE STEM THROUGH THE INTAKE PORT, VERTICAL "SCORING" WAS PRESENT ON THE VALVE STEM INDICATING METAL ON METAL CONTACT. ALSO CONFIRMED THAT OIL WAS GETTING OUT TO THE ROCKER ARM AND THE INSIDE OF THE INTAKE VALVE HAD PLENTY OF OIL PRESENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THIS CYLINDER ASSEMBLY.