Service difficulty report · Seal · Amrgen AG5B

Difficulty date
December 1, 2023
Submitted
December 22, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1420
Make and model
Amrgen AG5B
Aircraft serial
10172
Engine
Lyc O360A4K
Part
Seal
Part number
LW13792
Condition
Failed
Location
Crankshaft
Component
Crankshaft · Lyc
Component part number
74966
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

UPON ,NSPECLION OL THE ENGINE TO DOTERMINE THE SOURCE OF A SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAK, IT WAS DETERMMED TO BE FROM LHE CRANKSHAFT SEAL. THE DEFECTIVE SEAL WAS REMOVED. AND THE AREA WAS CLEANED AND PEEPARED. AND A NEW SEAL WAS INSTALLED IAW SERVICE INSTRUCTION 13792 WAS INSTALLED. AS FOR THE CAUSE OL LHE FAILURE SAW NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR TNE FAILURE, IN LYC 1324C THE NOTES STATE THAL THE SEALLANT. NEUTRAL CURE SEALANT MUST BE ALLOWED TO DRY FOR 24 HRS TO CURE BEFORE THE CRANKSHAFT IS ALLOWED TO ROTATE. WOULD SUSPECT THAT THE SEALANT BOND WAS COMPROMSED BY EITHER CONTAMINATES ON THE SURFACE OF THE FAYING SURFACE, OR THE CRANKSHAFT WAS ALLOWED TO ROTAE BEFORE THE SEALANT WAS CURED.