What was found
DURING POWER-UP AND ENGINE START CHECKLIST FLIGHT CREW NOTED NR 2 ENGINE CHIP INDICATION YELLOW ON EIED. MAINTENANCE TECH REMOVED RT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR AND DISCOVERED METAL CONTAMINATION ON DETECTOR. METAL CHIPS AND OIL FILTER WERE SENT OUT FOR SOAP LAB ANALYSIS; LAB AND MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIED METAL AS BEING FROM NR 3 BEARING AND BEARING SUPPORT. ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND NR 3 BEARING WAS FOUND WITH A SMALL TO MEDIUM CHIP MISSING FROM THE BEARING CAGE, CHIP WAS RECOVERED FROM SUMP. THE BEARING CAGE WAS ALSO CRACKED. NR 3 BEARING SUPPORT WAS FOUND WITH MISSING PLATING. THE BEARING AND BEARING SUPPORT WERE REPLACED AND NORMAL OPS CHECKS ACCOMPLISHED, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.