Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 8, 2020
Submitted
August 10, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44110
Aircraft time
18,130 hours, 5,836 cycles
Part
Shutoff Valve
Part number
32145526
Part serial
17384
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
18,130 hours, 5,836 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ATTEMPTED TO START NR 1 ENGINE, WAS SLOW TO SPOOL, EGT INDICATION STARTED FLASHING, HIT 650 DEGREES AND SHUT FUEL OFF AND MOTORED ENGINE. EVERYTHING WAS DONE IAW MTX CHECKLIST. GROUNDED - YES. CHECKED DUCTING WITH FAN COWLS OPEN & PACK BAYS OPEN. NO OBVIOUS LEAKS FOUND. AFTER STARTING ENGINES MULTIPLE TIMES WITH DIFFERENT BLEED SETTINGS, FOUND PROBLEM TO BE DURING NR 1 ENGINE START, WITH NR 2 ENG RUNNING, BOTH ENGINE BLEEDS ON, & ISOLATION VALVE IN AUTO, DUCT PRESSURE ONLY RISES TO 25 PSI WHILE TRYING TO START NR 1. THIS RESULTS IN A HUNG START. FOUND THE NR 2 ENG PRSOV & 1 BRAIDED SENSE LINE LEAKING. REMOVED & REPLACED PRSOV IAW AMM 36-11-04 & REPLACED SENSE LINE. LEAK CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 36-11-00-700-805, & AMM 36-11-04-400-801. STARTED NR 2 ENGINE NORMALLY THEN STARTED NR 1 ENG NORMALLY WITH BOTH BLEEDS ON AND ISOLATION VALVE IN AUTO. NR 1 ENG STARTED NORMALLY. ACFT IS OK FOR SERVICE.