Service difficulty report · Lifter · Cessna U206F

Difficulty date
January 22, 2020
Submitted
January 22, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N710MH
Make and model
Cessna U206F
Aircraft serial
U20602383
Aircraft time
7,033 hours
Engine
Cont IO520F
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Lifter
Part number
658077
Condition
Spalled
Location
Engine
Part time
971 hours
Component
Engine · Cont · IO520F
Component part number
IO520F
Stage of operation
NR
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

PILOT REPORTED LOW OIL PRESSURE AT IDLE, REMOVED OIL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND FOUND SHARP METAL CHIP IN BOTTOM OF REGULATOR WHERE IT HAD ARRIVED AFTER FALLING OUT OF REGULATOR SEAT. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE LED US TO BELIEVE THAT THE METAL WAS FROM A LIFTER, WE INSPECTED ALL 12 LIFTERS AND DISCOVERED A SEVERELY SPALLED EXHAUST LIFTER ON CYLINDER #4. INSPECTED CAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTINENTAL SERVICE BULLETIN SID05-1B, INSTALLED NEW LIFTER AND WILL INSPECT CAM AND LIFTER AGAIN IN 100 HOURS (AS PER THE SID).

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