Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
October 25, 2021
Submitted
December 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
43756
Aircraft time
844 hours, 557 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
2529M66P04
Part serial
GRT62055
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

LEFT ENGINE WITH OIL LEAK, DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS A DETECTED AN OIL LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION AT LEFT ENGINE,NO CONFIRMING OIL LEAK; AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION AT MEX, AN ENGINE OIL SYSTEM EXTERNAL, FAN COWL AND THRUST REVERSER OPEN INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED, DETECTING LEAK ON STARTER GENERATOR; SO IT WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 80-11-11 AND LEFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT 70% OF N1 IAW AMM 71-00-00-710-801-G00, TESTED CORRECT.

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