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).
Failures in petrol supply and proposing modifications to address issues with filters and exhaust heat.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\November1928\ Scan037 | |
| Date | 7th November 1928 | |
| To R: from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}✓ c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to OY. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG1 7.11.28. FAILURES OF PETROL SUPPLY. X8510/X3200 It will be necessary for us to make the proposed modification at once as the cars are on test. On Expl: cars we always use a low grade fuel and for that reason have been entirely free from the trouble. The addition of the Zenith type filter slightly increases the trouble but the fault will occur without this filter. We should be ma better off on 'SS{S. Smith}' with the carb. on the other side as it is the exhaust heat which causes the trouble. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||