Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Cirrus SR22T

Difficulty date
December 13, 2019
Submitted
January 16, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N388JH
Make and model
Cirrus SR22T
Aircraft serial
1731
Aircraft time
357 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO550K
Engine time
357 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Check Valve
Part number
658746
Condition
Leaking
Location
Oil Supply Line
Part time
357 hours
Component
Turbocharger
Component part number
646677
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT AT HIGH RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. SMOKE WAS ENTERING COCKPIT THROUGH HEATER VENTS. SMOKE SMELLED OF OIL AND NOT ELECTRICAL RELATED. NO SMOKE WAS VISIBLE OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE SHOWED OIL DRIPPING FROM LH TURBOCHARGER ASSEMBLY. FURTHER EXAMINATION SHOWED OIL WAS PULLED THROUGH TURBOCHARGER AND INTO THE INDUCTION WHICH LEADS TO THE CROSSOVER ASSEMBLY WHICH IS WHERE HEATING AIR IS DRAWN TO HEAT THE CABIN. THE OIL SUPPLY CHECK VALVE P/N: 658746 IS IN-LINE BETWEEN OIL COOLER AND BOTH RH AND LH TURBOCHARGER ASSEMBLIES. ITS PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT OIL FROM FLOWING FROM OIL COOLER TO THE TURBOCHARGERS WHILE THE ENGINE IS SHUTDOWN. THE VALVE WAS REMOVED, INSPECTED, AND CLEANED PER 6-4.21.1 IN THE TSIO-550K STANDARD PRACTICE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . VALVE WAS REINSTALLED ON LINE FROM OIL COOLER AND OPEN FROM LINE GOING TO TURBOCHARGERS FOR 24 HOURS TO CHECK PROPER VALVE OPERATION. NO OIL WAS VISIBLE LEAKING. VALVE WAS REINSTALLED PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. IT SEEMS THE INSPECTION OF THIS VALVE IS EASILY OVERLOOKED.

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