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Oil sump filters and the benefit of externally cleaned filters, referencing the Auto Klean filter on a Sunbeam car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 44\1\  Scan302
Date  3rd May 1929 guessed
  
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the Zenith or the Enots.

For an oil sump however where the filter is inaccessible it would appear to be a marked asset to be able to restore the filter to 90% cleanliness by turning the handle on the outside of the crankcase.

We have seen a very neat scheme of Auto Klean filter incorporated in the crankcase of the 20 HP Sunbeam car.

HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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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