Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 8, 2008
Submitted
December 11, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26945
Aircraft time
49,861 hours, 9,177 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Tube
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Starter
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RIGHT START VALVE WILL NOT OPEN IN AUTO START. REPLACED NR 2 START VALVE AND STARTER, NO HELP. T/S IN PROGRESS. SWAPPED ENG START MODULE, SWAPPED ENG RELAY BOX. NO HELP. NO AIR COMING OUT OF ENG START SOLENOID WITH START SWITCH ACTIVATED AND AIR ON. START VALVE TUBE CRACKED. REPLACED LINE. ENGINE START GOOD IN AUTO AND MANUAL.