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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).
Oil flow test and investigation of an engine knock complaint.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 114\3\  scan0007
Date  7th February 1939
  
B95KV
7-2-39
Oil flow test.
Complaint Knock when cold.
Test Bed thump at 1700 Revs.
Test heating engine up to 45°c
Oil pressure 26 lbs
Time to pass 1 gall. Arctic Oil 3 min 5 sec.
No. 3 big end.
W'rite. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
Car ran on road for 20 miles
Oil pressure 26 1/2 lbs
2 min 35 sec

2/11/38 6857.
Test for resale R10
No sign of Knock
14/12/38 in for
Voltage regulator
6/2/38
  
  


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