Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA31

Difficulty date
November 9, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31
Engine
Lyc TIO540A2B
Part
Cylinder
Part number
LW13447
Condition
Wrong Rings
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
M, W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF THE CYLINDER AND OIL TEMPERATURES BECAME HIGH AND THE OIL PRESSURE WAS DROPPING, THE PILOT RETURNED TO BASE. TWO CYLINDERS HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED AND INVESTIGATION HAD FOUND THAT THE WRONG PISTON RINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.

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