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).
Engine trouble, specifically backfiring after shut-off causing difficult hot starts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\5\ scan0187 | |
| Date | 4th September 1941 | |
| -cont'd- - 4 - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/TAS.{T. Allan Swinden}10/SW.4.9.41. Apart from the annoyance of a running-on engine, the biggest trouble at the moment seems to be that before the engine stops it fires backwards once or twice. This fills the induction system and air silencer with exhaust gas which makes hot starting very difficult. This appears to be a feature of the engine whether it has been running on for a long time or for a very short time. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/TAS.{T. Allan Swinden}JAS. | ||