Service difficulty report · Connector · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
April 2, 2024
Submitted
April 8, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
417
Aircraft time
42,389 hours, 49,828 cycles
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Connector
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Dirty
Location
Oil Temp Gauge
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEFT PROP OIL GAUGE FLUCTUATION HEAVILY THEN TO FULL SCALE DEFLECTION VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS. SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR LEAKAGE AND BLOCKAGE NO LEAK HAS BEEN FOUND. PROP OIL TEMP GAUGES SWAPPED LH WITH RH ENGINE AND CLEANED CONNECTOR AT PGB OIL PRESS/TEMP SENSOR AS PER AMM79-30-15-02 & AMM79-30-10-02. ENGINE RUN-UP TEST SATISFACTORY CONDITION.

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