Service difficulty report · Lubrication Unit · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 19, 2013
Submitted
November 21, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
21,202 hours, 6,617 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Part
Lubrication Unit
Part number
41F1005
Part serial
YT008669D
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
33,640 hours, 10,469 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE HAS A LARGE HISTORY OF OIL LEAKS WITH NO FINDINGS. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED POWER RUN LEAK CHECK IAW AMM 71-00-00-700-823. NO LEAKS NOTED. ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN, FOUND STATIC LEAK AT NR 2 ENGINE LUBRICATION UNIT. REMOVED NR 2 ENGINE LUBRICATION UNIT IAW AMM 79-21-01-000-801-F00. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LUBRICATION UNIT. RAN ENGINE AT IDLE AT GATE FOR 10 MINUTES, NO LEAKS NOTED DURING ENGINE RUN OR AT SHUTDOWN. REF AMM 79-21-01-400-801-F00, 71-00-00-800-811-F00.