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).
Report concerning a choked radiator on car 29-CL caused by grease from the water pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\4\ scan0281 | |
| Date | 11th February 1929 | |
| S/W for Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}..from CWB X8250 CWB5/GD11.2.29. 29 - CL. With reference to our conversation last week on the subject of radiators becoming choked up, I have received the following report from Paris regarding 29 - CL which was recently found to be losing water very seriously if run at high speeds. " We dismantled the radiator and found it very badly clogged up with grease undoubtedly from the water pump. After the flushing it worked normally. I think that was the cause of the trouble you had experienced." It would appear that this point needs closely watching, as there seems to be some evidence that since we reduced the size of the radiator tubes, this trouble may become serious. Cws. CWB. | ||