Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 73786N

Difficulty date
December 15, 2016
Submitted
December 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N733KA
Make and model
Boeing 73786N
Aircraft serial
28643
Aircraft time
43,801 hours, 23,436 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
5625
Condition
Sticking
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUNS, NOTED LEFT ENGINE BLEED PRESSURE WAS LOWER THAN THE RIGHT ENGINE AT IDLE POWER SETTINGS. THE LEFT ENGINE BLEED AIR PRESSURE WOULD RISE AND MATCH THE RIGHT PRESSURE ONCE THE POWER LEVERS WERE ADVANCED TO CHANGE THE ENGINE BLEED SOURCE FROM HIGH TO LOW STAGE. USING THE FIM AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM OPERATION, DETERMINED EITHER THE HIGH STAGE REGULATOR OR HIGH STAGE VALVE TO BE AT FAULT. REPLACED THE LEFT HIGH STAGE VALVE. PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE BLEED PRESSURES MATCHED AT IDLE POWER SETTINGS CORRECTING THE PROBLEM.

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