Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 6, 2010
Submitted
July 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25698
Aircraft time
71,669 hours, 20,789 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Switch
Part number
1103P1341
Part serial
139
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU FAULT ON START. APU FAULT ON START. ECU BOX SHOWS LOP FAULT. CLEARED MSG, ATTEMPT TO START APU, FAULTS AT 89 PERCENT AND SHUTS DOWN. BITE FAULTS 'LOP'. ON START APU COMES UP TO APPROX 90 PERCENT THEN SHUTS DOWN. FAULT LIGHT AND "LOP" ON BITE. NO SWITCH IN STOCK DEN. REPLACED LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH. APU RAN FOR 30 MIN THEN AUTOSHUT DOWN. BITE SHOWS LOP. NEXT STEP IS CHANGE DE-OILER SOLENOID. REPLACED DE-OILER SOLENOID PER MM, NO HELP. T-S PER MM FOUND OIL FILTER DPI POPPED. REPLACED APU OIL FILTER PER MM, APU STARTED OK, NO LEAKS NOTED.