# SDR AU960378

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 24, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Cessna P206C
- Registry model: [Cessna P206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Engine: Cont IO520A
- System (JASC): [7314 · Engine Fuel Pump](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7314)
- Part: Pump
- Condition: Faulty
- Location: Eng,Fuel Dist Sy
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: E, R
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU960378

## Discrepancy

(AUS) ENGINE LOST POWER - FOLLOWING FITMENT OF A NEW FUEL PUMP THE LOW POWER WAS STILL EVIDENT - ANOTHER FUEL PUMP WAS FITTED AND THE POWER LOSS RETURNED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF OPERATION - A THIRD  FUEL PUMP RECTIFIED THE POWER LOSS - INVESTIGATION OF THE FIRST REPLACEMENT PUMP WHICH WAS A NIL TSO ITEM WHICH HAD BEEN ON THE  SHELF FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS REVEALED EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL CORROSION ON THE WORKING SURFACES - INVESTIGATION OF THE OTHER PUMP REVEALED DEBRIS IN THE VAPOUR RETURN

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