Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
March 7, 2001
Submitted
March 28, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
7,023 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Part
Exhaust Valve
Part number
LW16740
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 5 Cylinder
Part time
1,724 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED HIGH OIL TEMP VERNATHERN REPLACED AND ON GROUND RUN ENGINE RAN ROUGH. LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL NOTED COMING FROM SNIFFLE VALVE MIXED WITH FUEL. SPARK PLUGS REMOVED AND FOUND THOSE REMOVED FROM NR 5 CYLINDER WERE DAMAGED. REMOVED CYLINDER AND FOUND 1/3 OF VALVE FACE (EXHAUST) MISSING. REPLACED CYLINDER AND CHECKED ALL SCREENS AND FILTERS.

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