Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare piston engine for test run
- Documentation is checked to ensure that engine is ready for testing
- Engine is installed in test rig or test cell, including connection of fuel, oil and electrical supplies and instrumentation
- Sump or external oil tank is filled with correct grade and type of lubricating oil
- Test rig/cell fuel tank is filled with correct type and grade of fuel
- Correct propeller or club is fitted to the engine
- Test rig/cell is prepared for operation
- Run and test piston engine performance
- Engine is started and operating parameters are checked in accordance with maintenance manual and standard enterprise procedures
- Engine performance is tested and adjusted, where applicable, in accordance with maintenance manual requirements and standard enterprise procedures
- Engine operating parameters and test results are recorded in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- Troubleshoot piston engine faults
- Available information from maintenance records and test results is used, where necessary, to assist in fault determination
- Logical processes are used to ensure efficient and accurate troubleshooting
- Specialist advice is obtained, where required, to assist with, or confirm, the fault and rectification requirement
- Piston engine component faults are located and the causes of the faults are clearly identified
- Fault rectification requirements are determined to assist in determining if the engine must be returned to the workshop
- Remove engine from test rig/cell
- Engine is removed from test rig/stand in accordance with maintenance manual requirements and standard enterprise procedures
- Serviceable engines are configured, inhibited and prepared, in accordance with maintenance manual requirements and standard enterprise procedures, for transport or storage
- Required maintenance documentation and modification records are completed and processed in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- Unserviceable engines are returned to workshop in accordance with standard enterprise procedures for rectification or re-work