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title: Root Cause Analysis
slug: root-cause-analysis
url: /topics/root-cause-analysis/index.md
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# Root Cause Analysis

## Posts

- [Why Fresh Oil Turned Black in Weeks on a Critical Process Compressor](/topics/articles/oil-turned-black-process-compressor/index.md) (2026-02-07)
- [5 Whys Root Cause Analysis: When to Stop Asking Why in Maintenance](/topics/articles/5-whys-root-cause-analysis-maintenance/index.md) (2026-02-02)
- [The Missing Ingredient in RCA: Willingness to Accept Our Own Faults](/topics/articles/rca-accept-our-own-faults/index.md) (2025-12-20)
- [How Root Cause Analysis Fits Into a Proactive Reliability Strategy](/topics/articles/root-cause-analysis-proactive-reliability-strategy/index.md) (2025-11-20)
- [How Plant Culture Sabotages Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Success](/topics/root-cause-analysis/toxic-plant-culture-and-root-cause-analysis/index.md) (2025-07-15)
- [Solving Lubrication Degradation Starts with Asking the Right Why](/topics/articles/solving-lubrication-degradation/index.md) (2025-06-15)
- [The RCA Interview Method That Builds Trust and Gets Honest Answers](/topics/articles/rca-interview-method/index.md) (2025-06-01)
- [How Weibull Analysis Helps You Identify Early and Late Failures](/topics/articles/weibull-analysis/index.md) (2025-05-20)
- [How Forensic RCFA Unlocks True Root Causes of Machine Failures](/topics/articles/how-forensic-rcfa-unlocks-true-root-causes-of-machine-failures/index.md) (2025-04-29)
- [Why Components Break: A Logical Look at Common Fatigue Failures](/topics/articles/why-components-break-common-fatigue-failures/index.md) (2025-04-28)
- [Why Your RCA Effort Is Doomed (Unless You Fix These Issues)](/topics/articles/why-your-rca-effort-is-doomed-unless-you-fix-these-issues/index.md) (2025-03-13)
- [How to Prevent Root Cause Analysis from Becoming a Money Pit](/topics/articles/prevent-root-cause-analysis-money-pit/index.md) (2025-02-27)
- [How RCA and Logic Trees Help Diagnose Mechanical Failures](/topics/articles/rca-logic-trees-diagnose-mechanical-failures/index.md) (2025-02-07)
- [Boiler Feed Pump Failure: Tracing the Steps of a Forced Outage](/topics/articles/boiler-feed-pump-failure/index.md) (2025-01-15)
- [How to Recognize Basic Gear Fatigue Failure Patterns](/topics/articles/gear-fatigue-failure/index.md) (2024-11-12)
- [How to Examine Rolling Element Bearings: Prep for Root Cause Analysis](/topics/articles/rolling-element-bearings-root-cause-analysis/index.md) (2024-11-02)
- [Root Cause Analysis: Cost Center or Profit Driver?](/topics/articles/root-cause-analysis-cost/index.md) (2024-10-16)
- [The Four Physical Failure Mechanisms of Component Failure](/topics/articles/physical-failure-mechanisms-of-component-failure/index.md) (2024-10-12)