Forum: F-16 Procedures

Been having an issue for several weeks now, upon servicing the hyds to 3000psi within 30 minutes the top gauge/left accumulator bottle falls to 2500 (not precharge).

Steps taken thus far:

Replaced jfs manifold as well as, both solenoid valves, both relief valves, all three check valves and both dump valves
replaced jfs accumulator
replaced both schradder valves and gauges
replaced hyd fuse and both check valves on it (not the thermal relief valve)
replaced brake control valve and swapped check valves on it

The precharge is done correctly and holding steady at 2200, like i said its not bleeding past 2500 which i was thinking would be some type of relief valve or check valve. everything points to a hyd leak or bleed coming from somewhere.

When bleeding the JFS accumulators to 0psi to service precharge no hydraulic fluid comes out of schrader valves indicating accumulators are serviceable.

Any past experiences or ideas are appreciated beating my head against the fi,gs and schematics currently.

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These bleed down problems can be a pain. Next time you are hard broke for a while,
dump the bottles and start taking loose some hyd lines in the JFS system and cap\plug them off. Then charge the bottles back up. That is the only sure fire way of isolating it.

Forum: F-16 Procedures

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