Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 10, 2016
Submitted
May 12, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
38,011 hours, 11,208 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
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

DIAGNOSTIC REPORTS NR 2 ENGINE TREND DATA SHOWS A SHIFT IN DELTA CRUISE AND TAKEOFF MARGIN INDICATIVE OF EGT INDICATION ERRORS. ACFT GROUNDED. ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL FAULT HISTORY SHOWED 5 FLT LEGS OF EGT OUT OF RANGE FAULT. CHECKED EGT CONTROL TEMPS AND FOUND S3 TO BE 80 DEGREES HIGHER THAN S2, S1-204.3, S2-170.4, S3-250.8, S4-208.4. GVI OF ENGINE WIRING SHOWED NO DISCREPANCIES. CHECKED EGT PROBE CONECTIONS AND FOUND S3 CONNECTOR AT THE TEMP PROBE TO BE EXTREMELY DIRTY. CLEANED ALL CONECTIONS AND RE-CONNECTED ALL CONNECTORS. CHECKED CONTROL TEMPS AGAIN AND ALL TEMPS ARE WITH IN LIMITS, S1-123.1, S2-70.4, S3-70.3, S4-119.1, ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL BITE TEST PASS, NO FAULTS. REF AMM 77-21-00, 77-21-01.