Service difficulty report · Gasket · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
May 18, 2016
Submitted
July 26, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N788XA
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33788
Aircraft time
42,216 hours, 20,972 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B22
Part
Gasket
Part number
J1215P17
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
38,424 hours, 19,790 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED AN OIL LEAK IN THE LEFT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED ENGINE LEAKING INSPECTION IAW AMM 71-00-00 DETECTING AN OIL LEAK ON AFT SUMP ROTATING SEAL, CCM ENGINE ENGINEER EVALUATED THE OIL LEAK AND FOUND IT WITHIN OPERATIONAL LIMITS IAW AMM 71-00-00. AT MEX, DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE BEARING HOUSING NUMBER 5 WAS CLEANED, THE GASKETS AND PACKING’S WERE REPLACED IAW AMM 72-56-00, AMM 78-11-01 AND AMM 78-11-02, AFTER IT WAS STARTED AND ENGINE OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 71-71-00 TEST 3A, NO CONFIRMING FUEL LEAK, ALL CORRECT.