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).
Preliminary report on the use of Shell oil in the engine and gearbox of car 18-G4.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\2\ 02-page364 | |
| Date | 6th January 1931 | |
| To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 5840 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}1/MJ.6.1.31. 18-G4. 1 copy + 544 We have run 18-G4. with Shell oil in the engine and gear-box. We have not observed during the running of the car any different results with the use of Shell oil than with our standard oil. We shall not, however, be able to give a definite report until the engine and gear-box has been dismantled and an examination made of the bearings and gears. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||