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 maintenance advice regarding oil for cars that have been in storage and symptoms of worn components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\1\ scan0243 | |
| Date | 14th January 1937 guessed | |
| -2- and rings, gas blowing past the pistons, engine over-heating and over-oiling, etc. will appear. The above remarks also apply after a car has been standing in storage for some time, with the exception that engine will most likely be already filled with some type of oil. If so, this should be drained and the engine refilled with recommended oil before starting up. | ||