Service difficulty report · Thermal Bypass · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 25, 2010
Submitted
April 28, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26945
Aircraft time
55,902 hours, 10,110 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Thermal Bypass
Part number
1605361
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. MAT SHOWS 49-10260, HIGH OIL TEMP. RE-STARTED WITH SAME RESULTS. REPLACED OIL FILTER, CHANGED OIL IN APU. CHECKED CHIP DETECTORS. LEAK CHECKED OKAY. RAN APU FOR AN HOUR, NO PROBLEMS FOUND, GROUND CHECK NORMAL. PERFORMED PER MM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. REOPENED BY OPBLM. APU OIL INDICATION INOP. PLEASE CHECK AIR INLET PATH FOR BLOCKAGE & AIR-OIL COOLER. IF OK, REPLACE THERMAL BYPASS VALVE. INCLD FNDG'S IN ACP W-U. MCD COVERED WITH METAL. REPLACED APU IAW MM. OPS CKS OK.