Absolute Rubbish
If an engineer finds a problem then he can put it in the book (even if he writes crew report) and SHOULD put it in the book because there is a defect that needs to be addressed especially on this subject due to all the grief it has caused.
Just because it wasnt written in by a pilot does not mean that it does not exist. If it was a third party aircraft things would be different because the question of why were you looking at that arises, but on one of ours!!!
Smokie. Are you north or south in the network?