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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).
Engine starting issue where the starter carburetter chokes the engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 18\3\  Scan390
Date  12th December 1932
  
To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}

Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}6/E12.12.32 - 2 -

Starting on the starter carburetter seems to choke the engine and then, if one shuts it off and opens the throttle, it starts fairly easily.

Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  


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