Service difficulty report · Scavenge Pump · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 13, 2018
Submitted
August 15, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
35206
Aircraft time
21,210 hours, 7,008 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Scavenge Pump
Part number
QA07656ISS1
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 Engine Oil
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

AFTER THE NR 1 ENGINE STARTED, NR 1 OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR APPROX 10 SECONDS, AFTER LIGHT WENT OUT, IT ILLUMINATED 2 MORE TIMES FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. POWER AT IDLE DURING ENTIRE TIME WHEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT. ACFT GROUNDED. WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES, FOUND ALUMINUM CONTAMINATION OF THE THE NR 1 ENGINE SCAVENGE OIL FILTER. INSPECTED THE ENG SUPPLY FILTER IAW AMM 79-21-03 AND MCDS IAW AMM 79-00-00-200-804-F00, NO CONTAMINATION NOTED. FOUND NO CDU FAULTS, NO CLOGGED INDICATION SHOWN AND NO OTHER FAULT CODES FOUND. VERIFIED POP OUT INDICATOR NOT EXTENDED. R & R THE NR 1 ENGINE SCAVENGE OIL FILTER IAW AMM 79-21-06, AND OIL SUPPLY FILTER IAW AMM 79-21-03. REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE SCAVENGE OIL FILTER CLOGGING TRANSMITTER S125 IAW AMM 79-21-07, NO LEAKS NOTED AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.