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).
Excessive oil loss from a Phantom II gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan108 | |
| Date | 17th January 1930 | |
| x7310. To PN.{Mr Northey} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} c. to MP. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/MJ.17.1.30. Replying to PN.{Mr Northey}3/WT16.1.30. LOSS OF OIL FROM PHANTOM II GEAR BOX. x7310 x7960 Our records shew that on the last 10,000 miles test with Phantom ll car in France no oil at all was added to the gear box. We should say that certainly there is something wrong with the car which loses a pint of oil every 250 miles. We think there should be an explanation of this by ordinary observation. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||