Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 6, 2005
Submitted
January 11, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500079
Aircraft time
5,229 hours, 3,257 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THERE IS A STRONG OILY SMELL IN THE COCKPIT ONCE THE APU IS RUNNING AND THE BLEED AIR IS SELECTED ON. FOUND BOTH WATER SEPARATOR FILTER SOCKS DIRTY. CLEANED FILTER AND FOUND COCKPIT WATER SEPARATOR VALVE STUCK OPEN. CLEANED AND LUBED VALVE. RE-INSTALLED WATER SEPARATOR TO INSTALL ORIGINAL CONFIG. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN, OPS CHECKS GOOD IAW CE-750 MM 21-10-00.

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