Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
February 19, 2016
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft time
4,002 hours
Engine
Cont LTSIO360EB
Part
Fuel Control
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE RH ENGINE FUEL FLOW WAS LOW AND THE EGT WAS HIGH AT FULL RICH MIXTURE SETTING. THE FUEL SERVO WAS REMOVED AND ROUTED FOR WARRANTY CONSIDERATION. UNIT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH REPLACEMENT OVERHAULED UNIT AND SET UP IAW SIL97-3. LOW END AND HIGH END FUEL FLOWS AND PRESSURES WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE AND ALL INDICATIONS AND PARAMETERS WERE COMPLETED AS PER THE SIL97-3 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE FUEL FLOW AND PRESSURES WERE EQUAL DURING THE INITIAL TAKE OFF, BUT FUEL FLOW REDUCED AND TEMPERATURE INCREASED AGAIN ON THE RH ENGINE AT CRUISE POWER SETTINGS. DURING SUBSEQUENT GROUND RUNS, THE ENGINE SETTINGS WERE FOUND TO BE CORRECT AS PER SIL97-3, BUT SIMULATED CRUISE POWER SETTINGS, NOT REQUIRED BY SIL97-3, WERE CONDUCTED AND THE PROBLEM OF LEAN MIXTURE WAS CONFIRMED TO EXIST IN THE CRUISE POWER AND RPM SETTINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FURTHER TROUBLESHOT WITH AID OF A CERTIFIED ENGINE SHOP AND IS CURRENTLY STILL BEING WORKED ON AT THIS TIME WITH NO CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM YET FOUND.

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