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Oil consumption data for unit GAE-20.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0095
Date  17th July 1936
  
X1220
To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} jl/KW.17.7.36.

Oil Consumption - GAE-20.

Unit C-18.
Standard pistons and rings taken out of GUL-59 at Cricklewood.
Average speed 44 M.P.H.
Oil used 4½ pints.
Oil Consumption 380.4 M.P.G.
Mileage to date 1480.
Average oil pressure 26 lbs.
" water temp. 82°C.
" oil " 20°C.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /W.Brazier.
  
  
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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