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Spent 8 hours chasing a phantom hydraulic leak on a King Air, turned out to be a mislabeled reservoir cap
It was on a 200 series. Kept seeing fluid on the belly. Checked every line, every fitting. Pressure tests showed nothing. Finally, the new guy noticed the cap said 'oil' but it was on the hydraulic reservoir. Swapped it for the correct one, leak stopped. The old cap seal was shot. How does something that simple eat a whole day? Anyone else get tripped up by a wrong part number or bad labeling lately?
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hayden1447d ago
Sounds like a pretty minor thing to get that worked up over.
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sanchez.pat1d ago
That new guy saved you eight hours of work with one good look at a cap. I'm honestly shocked the wrong cap even fit well enough to cause a leak instead of just not sealing at all. You'd think the threads would be different or something. Stuff like that makes you question every single part that comes out of a bin, even the simple ones. It's a good lesson to check the basics twice before you tear into the whole system.
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wesley3857d ago
Had a Cessna with a similar gremlin. We chased a fuel smell for a week, turned out the parts house sent us the wrong gasket material. It looked right but didn't hold up. Now we cross-check every bag label against the manual before we even open it. Saves a lot of headache.
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