Service difficulty report · Fuel Filter · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
July 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Part
Fuel Filter
Part number
3038454
Condition
Wrong Filter
Location
#2 Eng Lp
Component
Pwa · 3035817
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) #2 ENGINE FUEL FILTER BYPASS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATES AT POWER SETTINGS ABOVE 45 PERCENT. INVESTIGATION FOUND A SHORTER TYPE OF FUEL FILTER (P/N 3038454) WAS INSTALLED INSTEAD OF THE LONGER TYPE (P/N 3035729). DUE TO THE INSUFFICIENT LENGTH OF THE FILTER IT HAD BEEN LOOSE IN THE FILTER BOWL AND HAD CAUSED WEAR TO BOTH THE FILTER AND THE FILTER BOWL. IN THIS CONDITION THE FUEL WAS NOT BEING FILTERED. NB P/N 3038454 FUEL FILTER IS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SPRING ASSEMBLY.