# SDR 2022FA0000183

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 1, 2022
- Submitted: April 1, 2022
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N2231Y
- Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 287990364
- Aircraft time: 6,486 hours
- Engine: Lyc O360A4M
- Engine time: 5,623 hours
- Propeller: Snsnch 76EM8
- System (JASC): [7322 · Fuel Control/Reciprocating Engines](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7322)
- Part: Carburetor
- Part number: 103878
- Part serial: G62045
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Zone 100
- Component: Engine, Lyc, O360A4M
- Stage of operation: TX
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: A
- Precautionary procedure: F
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022FA0000183

## Discrepancy

WHERE THE 2 HALVES MEET AND MATE. THE SCREWS HOLDING THEM TOGETHER WERE STILL LOCKED INTO POSITION BY SPECIAL DEVICES. BUT THE HALVES HAD SOME SLIGHT MOVEMENT THAT ALLOWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF THIS POINT. I DID NOT DISASSEMBLE THIS UNIT, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE THREADS IN THE UNIT OR ON THE BOLTS HAD STRIPPED SLIGHTLY TO ALLOW THIS MOVEMENT.

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