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).
Over-oiling problem with the New Phantom car engine after 10,000-mile tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\1\ scan0044 | |
| Date | 21th September 1925 | |
| W/S. To H/CD. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} XS980 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG21.9.25. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I OVER-OILING. H/CD1/BP19.9.25. Excessive oil consumption has been complained of on every experimental Phantom car which has run a 10,000 miles test. At the Conference held in Derby 12.3.25 at which the first programme for E.A.C. deliveries was got out, it was pointed out that the over-oiling of the engine was a problem which had not been solved. Experimental cars do not suffer from over-oiling when run under normal conditions. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||