Service difficulty report · Crankcase · Cessna 210L

Difficulty date
January 25, 2013
Submitted
February 8, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
5RJR738B
Reading Jet Maintenance LLC
Aircraft
N732BC
Make and model
Cessna 210L
Aircraft serial
21061378
Engine
Cont IO520L
Part
Crankcase
Part number
300B
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT ON RAMP OVERNIGHT 0-10 FARENHEIT. OPERATOR HAD HARD TIME STARTING ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WARMED UP. LATER STARTED NORMAL. CREW TOOK OFF NORMAL. ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES INTO CRUISE, CREW FELT A SHUTTER IN CONTROLS & RUDDER PEDALS, ENGINE STUMBLING WORSENED. ACFT LANDED. INVESTIGATION SHOWED OIL LAYING ON TOP OF ENGINE CRANKCASE AND DRIPPING OUT OF MAGNETO VENT PLUGS. MAGNETOS WERE DISASSEMBLED, OIL AND WATER WAS FOUND INSIDE. CRANKCASE BREATHER PLUMBING WAS DISASSEMBLED WHICH HAS A AIR/OIL SEPARATOR INSTALLED. ENGINE OIL WAS DRAINED AND ABOUT A CUP OF WATER WAS OBSERVED DRAINING BEFORE OIL DRAINED FROM OIL SUMP. CRANKCASE BREATHER MOST LIKELY ICED UP AND BLOCKED BREATHER PLUMBING. FOUND MAGNETOS TO BE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE TO BREATHER. AIR/OIL SEPARATOR UNDERSIZED FOR THIS INSTALLATION AND PROBABLY NOT NEEDED. PERFORMED A FUEL FLOW CHECK TO MAKE SURE FUEL DELIVERY WAS NOT CONTRIBUTING TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. CYLINDERS 1,3,5 FUEL INJECTORS CAME OUT WITH NO PROBLEM. NR 4 CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR WAS SEIZED INTO THE FUEL INJECTOR BOSS BUSHING. BOSS BUSHING PERIMETER HAS TOOL MARKS ON IT AS IF PREVIOUS PROBLEMS HAD OCCURRED. THREADS IN CYLINDER SEVERELY GALLED. NR 2 AND 4 CYLINDER INJECTORS WERE HARD TO REMOVE. APPEARED A LOCTITE COMPOUND WAS USED BETWEEN THE FUEL INJECTOR AND BOSS BUSHING THREADS. A REPLACEMENT CYLINDER WAS FURNISHED. REMOVED NR 4 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLED SUPPLIED CYLINDER.

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