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Test results for crankcase pressure at various speeds with a crankcase breather only.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\5\  scan0091
Date  21th April 1937
  
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2) With crankcase breather only. No breather from rocker cover to air silencer.

Speed. 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Pressure in }
inches of water. } 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Further tests will be carried out at the next opportunity, with the crankcase breather blanked off, to find if this produces any increase in crankcase pressure or oil consumption.

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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}

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Ivan. Wallin
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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