Service difficulty report · Adapter

Difficulty date
October 17, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Part
Adapter
Part number
6198
Condition
Fused
Location
Vacuum Pump
Part time
48 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, SMELL OF OIL, IND OF NO VACUUM PRESS. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPART POINT. INSP FOUND OIL LEAKING DOWN SIDE OF A/C AND INVEST FOUND FAULT TO BE VACUUM PUMP ADAPTER. NON-FERROUS METAL FOUND IN OIL SCREEN. VACUUM PUMP DRIVE ADAPTOR WOULD NOT SEPARATE FROM ACCESSORY CASE DESPITE LOOSE ON MOUNTING STUDS. ADAPTER DRIVE APPEARED NOT CENTERED, EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP IN ADAPTER HOUSING. REAR CASE REMVD, REVEALED PUMP DRIVE SHAFT HAD OVERHEATED, MELTED ALUMINUM CASING IN WHICH IT ROTATES CAUSING IT TO MUSHROOM AND PREVENT REMOVAL OF VACUUM PUMP DRIVE SHAFT. ENGINEER RETURNED TO MFG, WHO SUGGESTED FAULT CAUSED BY VACUUM PUMP BEING INST TOO LOOSE. HEAT BUILDUP WAS ALSO A FACTOR.