Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Luscom 8F

Difficulty date
November 13, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Luscom 8F
Engine
Cont O200A
Part
Cylinder
Part number
AEC65314ST61
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
R, L
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHEN TEST RUNNING THE ENGINE AFTER O/H WITH NEW CYLINDERS. THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPORARY DROPPED ON NR 3 CYLINDER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE CYLINDER FAILED A COMPRESSION TEST AND WAS REMOVED. WHAT SEEMS TO BE A CRACK APPEARED BETWEEN THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE SEATS WITH A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM CHIPPED FROM THE EDGE OF THE CRACK. NO SIGN OF THE MISSING ALUMINUM WAS FOUND, IT IS BELIEVED IT WENT OUT THE EXHAUST. THE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AND ANOTHER TEST RUN WAS PERFORMED. THE CYLINDER TEMP ON NR 4 CYLINDER DROPPED AND THE RUN WAS ABORTED. ALL 4 CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED. SIGNS OF METAL TRANSFER FROM THE INTAKE VALVE GUIDES TO THE INTAKE VALVE STEMS WERE FOUND ON ALL 5 CYLINDERS CAUSING VALVE STICKING. NO ISSUES WERE FOUND WITH THE OIL DELIVERY SYSTEM TO THE VALVE GUIDES. DIFFERENT MFG CYLINDERS WERE INSTALLED ON THE ENGINE AND THE TEST RUN WAS COMPLETED WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. THE CYLINDERS WERE RETURNED TO MFG FOR EVALUATION. CYLINDER S/N`S FROM MFG 8130 FORMS, W/O 126102, SN 84091-13 AND SN 88066-01. W/O 123548, SN 85852-23, 85886-21 AND 85886-23.

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