Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
June 28, 2012
Submitted
July 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N852AM
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33787
Aircraft time
27,965 hours, 14,629 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
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

DURING RT ENGINE START, A FUEL LEAK WAS DETECTED. MX PERSONNEL DETECTED THE ACTUATOR DRAIN VBV WITH LEAK WITHIN OPERATION LIMITS IAW MM 71-71-00; 3A IDLE PWR LEAK TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-71-00, WITHOUT LEAK IN THE ACTUATOR DRAIN VBV, ALL CORRECT.