Service difficulty report · Evaporator · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
November 10, 2024
Submitted
November 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500408
Aircraft time
6,798 hours, 5,376 cycles
Part
Evaporator
Part number
1134275
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUL ODOR THROUGHOUT ACFT. SMELL IS ALSO COMING FROM AIR VENTS ANY TIME AIR IS CIRCULATING ARRIVED AT ACFT DID NOT INITIALLY SMELL ANYTHING . POWERED UP & SET THE A/C FANS TO HIGH AND TO FULL HOT. RAN THE ACFT SYS FOR OVER AN HOUR ON FULL HOT AND DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING OFF. POWERED ENGINES OFF & SET ACFT FANS TO LOW AND UPON SETTING THEM TO LOW GOT THE SMELL. CYCLED FAN MODES MULTIPLE TIMES & SEEMS TO BE ONLY COMING FROM COCKPIT VENTS & NO BAD SMELL IN CABIN. FOLLOWED THE AM RECOMMENDED BY CONTACT CENTER AND IT RECOMMENDED TO PERFORM A VCS FLUSH. SPOKE WITH MCC AND ADVISED. WORK PERFORMED IRW FIM 21-20-00-810. POWERED UP ACFT & RAN VCS. WHEN RAN, SMELLED A SLIGHT ODOR, BUT WHEN IT SHUT OFF, ODOR WENT AWAY. PERFORMED VCS RUSHING PER CUSTOMER'S REQUEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-170-801. INSTALLED A NEW RECEIVER DRYER IAW AMM 21-52-07-04. PERFORMED LEAK & VACUUM TEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-65 & AMM 12-17-00-03, BOTH TESTS WERE SAT. RECHARGED REFRIGERANT IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-802 & PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE VCS IAW AMM 21-52-00-720-801. FUNCTIONAL CHECK FOUND SAT. WHILE PERFORMING THE TEST OF THE VCS, A SLIGHT ODOR WAS NOTED, BUT IT APPEARED TO BE WHEN EVAP SYS WAS RUN & THE VCS WAS OFF. ALLOWED THE VCS & EVAP TO RUN FOR A WHILE TO CYCLE THE RESIDUAL ORDER TO BE CYCLED OUT. RECOVERED REFRIGERANT AGAIN IAW AMM 12-17-00-03, REMOVED RECEIVER DRYER & INSTALLED NEW RECEIVER DRYER, NEW O-RING IAW AMM 21-52-07-04. PERFORMED LEAK & VACUUM TEST IAW AMM 21-52-00-06 & AMM 12-17-00-03, BOTH TESTS SAT. RECHARGED REFRIGERANT IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-802, WHEN TRYING TO REINSTALL THE OIL, AC CART WOULD NOT DO SO. PERFORMED REFRIGERANT FLUID SERVICING TO ADD OIL IAW AMM 12-17-00-610-804. RAN THE VCS SYS, & A SLIGHT ODOR COULD BE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE EVAP WAS RUNNING AND THE VCS WAS OFF. CLEANED THE FWD EVAP IAW AMM 21-52-03-160-801. PERFORMED VCS SYS RUN & NO ODOR WAS NOTED. THE FWD EVAP WAS CAUSING A SLIGHT ODOR, AND AFTER CLEANING IT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DATE: 11-14-2024.

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