A md-88 captain reported rejecting a takeoff after the thrust levers were advanced for takeoff; but ...

Attributes
ACN	885071
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-88
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 7368
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Our flight was cleared for takeoff. I was the captain of this flight and was the pilot flying. I advanced the throttles for takeoff and called for 'auto throttles on.' after a few seconds the auto throttles disengaged; so I attempted to re-engage them. They would not re-engage; so I decided to set the power manually. I glanced down at the engine instruments to see that the right engine was approaching normal takeoff thrust; but the left engine EPR value was low (1.4 when should have been around 1.8) and the left egt was high and flashing (it was over 600 and increasing). I decided to abort the takeoff and we stopped clear of the runway and ran the appropriate checklists. We never got above 60 KTS during this experience so it was a very mild abort. We taxied back to the gate uneventfully and handed the aircraft over to maintenance for trouble shooting and repair.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MD-88 Captain reported rejecting a takeoff after the thrust levers were advanced for takeoff; but the left engine EPR remained low while the EGT was high and accompanied by a flashing caution warning.

Narrative: Our flight was cleared for takeoff. I was the Captain of this flight and was the pilot flying. I advanced the throttles for takeoff and called for 'auto throttles on.' After a few seconds the auto throttles disengaged; so I attempted to re-engage them. They would not re-engage; so I decided to set the power manually. I glanced down at the engine instruments to see that the right engine was approaching normal takeoff thrust; but the left engine EPR value was low (1.4 when should have been around 1.8) and the left EGT was high and flashing (it was over 600 and increasing). I decided to abort the takeoff and we stopped clear of the runway and ran the appropriate checklists. We never got above 60 KTS during this experience so it was a very mild abort. We taxied back to the gate uneventfully and handed the aircraft over to maintenance for trouble shooting and repair.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A md-88 captain reported rejecting a takeoff after the thrust levers were advanced for takeoff; but the left engine EPR remained low while the egt was high and accompanied by a flashing caution warning.