Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 17, 2017
Submitted
May 19, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35689
Aircraft time
34,700 hours, 10,714 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32022221
Part serial
11509
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
34,698 hours, 10,713 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE AT IDLE, RUNS 40-50 DEGREES C HOTTER THAN NR 1. AT IDLE NR 2 N1 FLUCTUATES +1.3% TO -0.5% FROM A STABLE NR 1 ENGINE N1. VIBRATION ON NR 2 CYCLED FROM 03. SAME AS NR 1 TO 0.8 ON NR 2. ACFT GROUNDED. RAN BOTH ENGINES, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. BOTH ENGINE PARAMETERS STABLE WITH NO FLUCTUATION. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE BLEED AIR CHECK VALVE IAW AMM 36-11-02-000-801, AND AMM 36-11-02-401-801. OPS AND LEAK TESTED GOOD, RAN BOTH ENGINES AND ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL WITH NO FLUCTUATION.