Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 7, 2011
Submitted
November 14, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N215UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30221
Aircraft time
40,694 hours, 8,774 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
21SN04459
Part serial
178
Condition
Faulty
Location
Oil System
Stage of operation
NR
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

ENG OIL FILT SNSR L THE PRESSURE SWITCH FOR DETECTING IMPENDING OIL FILTER BYPASS ON THE LEFT ENGINE HAS FAILED. STATUS MSG01- ACTIVE CRUISE MODE DEPENDENT; SWITCH POSITION SIGNAL FROM OIL FILTER DIFFRNTL PRESS SW (L ENG) CHANNEL A AND B DO NOT AGREE. DB- ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (L ENG, CH B) MSG02- ACTIVE CRUISE MODE DEPENDENT; SWITCH POSITION SIGNAL FROM OIL FILTER DIFFRNTL PRESS SW (L ENG) CHANNEL A AND B DO NOT AGREE. MSG-7960861 ACTIVE ER MODE MSG-7960861 ACTIVE ER MODE PULLED MCD. FOUND OK. REPLADED MAIN OIL FILTER. NO DEFECTS NOTED. LEAK CHECKED OK. CLEANED CONNECTOR TO OIL FILTER BYPASS SWITCH. RAN ENGINE NO MSG. SWITCH INSTALLED 01OCT MAY BE SUSPECT UNIT. REPLACED OIL FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH. LEAK CHECK OKAY. ENGINE IDLE RUN WITH NO FAULT NOTED.