Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757230

Difficulty date
February 11, 2021
Submitted
February 12, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N985FD
Make and model
Boeing 757230
Aircraft serial
24737
Aircraft time
61,998 hours, 23,634 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Valve
Part number
32289520
Part serial
0139D
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
69,413 hours, 20,363 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O AT ABOUT 6000' L/H ENGINE EPR STARTED TO FLUCTUATE ABOUT .05 UP AND DOWN. OIL PRESSURE ALSO FLUCTUATED /- 25 PSI. WE TURNED OFF TAI AND THE ENGINE SEEMED FINE.LESS THEN A MINUTE LATER THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK. PULLING THE POWER BACK ON DESCENT BACK TO MSP THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE AT CLIMB POWER OR HIGH POWER SETTINGS ONLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE 14TH STAGE CONVERTERPER M/M 71-00-00-5. PERFORMED TEST 6 AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN FOR 10 MINUTES AT TAKEOFF POWER, PER 757 JRH AND ALL PARAMETERS WERE GOOD WITH NO FLUCUATION OF ENGINE INSTRUMENTS. A/C OK FOR SERVICE. REACTIVAED THE T/R AND STOWED BYPASS PIN. ALL COWLINGS CLOSED AND LATCHED.