Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
May 15, 2012
Submitted
May 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N190WQ
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4190
Aircraft time
9,168 hours, 8,977 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Bypass Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Engine Oil
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB, NR 2 ENGINE HIGH OIL TEMP NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 107 DEGREE WHEN FIRST SEEN. THE TEMP GOT UP AS HIGH AS 116 DEGREES. CREW FOLLOWED QRH DECREASING POWER BY 10 PERCENT TORQUE IN STEPS PER QRH. TEMP KEPT CLIMBING. TORQUE STARTED AT 91 PERCENT AND WAS PULLED BACK TO 20 PERCENT TORQUE OR FLIGHT IDLE AND THE TEMPERATURE FINALLY STARTED COMING DOWN. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE LASTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES. THE IOE TIMES FOR THERE FLIGHT AS STATED BY THE CAPTAIN WAS 1543 AND 1553 SO THE FLIGHT ONLY LASTED 10 MINUTES TOTAL. PER FIM 79-00-00-810-805 FOUND THE OIL TEMP GOT TO 114 DEGREES FOR LESS THAN 10 MINUTES SO MAINTENANCE FOLLOWED AMM TASK 05-11-00-992-802, SINCE THIS WAS WITHIN AREA A NO FURTHER SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WAS NEEDED PER 05-11-00. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE MAIN AND SCAVENGE OIL FILTERS PER 79-22-06 AND 79-22-11. FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT LEAK, CHANGED OUT THE BYPASS VALVE PER 79-21-06 AND PERFORMED OPS CHECKS. THE ENGINE OIL REMAINED IN THE OPERATING LIMITS, OPS CHECKED GOOD.