SDR 98ZZZX41

Service difficulty report · Impeller · Piper PA28RT201

Difficulty date
November 18, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2083G
Make and model
Piper PA28RT201
Aircraft serial
28R7918014
Engine
Lyc IO360C1C6
Part
Impeller
Part number
60746
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Oil Pump
Component
78528
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENGINE DISASSEMBLED FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL AND DISCOVERED OIL PUMP HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSEMBLED WITH A LW18110 DRIVEN IMPELLER WHICH IS CARBURIZED, AND A NR 60746 DRIVE IMPELLER WHICH IS NOT NITRIDE HARDENED. THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN LYC SB 524. THIS WAS A LYC FACTORY OVERHAULED ENGINE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF OIL PUMP REPAIR SINCE OVERHAUL BY LYC. THE IMPELLER, EVEN THOUGH NOT CORRECT IN COMBINATION WITH THE MATING IMPELLER, WAS NOT EXCESSIVELY WORN.

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