PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-641
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 641
APRIL 2006
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ILOTS AND MECHANICS HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT DESERT CRITTERS CAN uND ANY HOLE TO LIVE AND NEST.
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ENGINE
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sUST BE A DESERT BUG IN THE ENGINE
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UNIT
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VENT HOLE. "ELIEVE IT
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S A PROBLEM
BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU CRANK
ENGINE < OR =, THE PO]ER TURBINE
INLET TEMPERATURE
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RISES AND
THE \< GAUGE DOESN
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PAST 81 PERCENT.
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(-5
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S ATMOSPHERIC VENT HOLE. )T
COULD HAVE A BUG IN THE HOLE.
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AND
PLUG
UP
THE
VENT.
4HIS
PREVENTS ENGINE STARTUP BECAUSE
THE ATMOSPHERIC VENT HELPS THE
ENGINES TO START PROPERLY¡AS LONG
AS THE VENT HOLE IS CLEAR.
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UP
ENGINE
STARTUP
PROBLEMS BY CLEARING OUT THE
VENT HOLE ]ITH A PIPE CLEANER,
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