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 cooler failures on the Ph.III 35-EX car and requests for tests on a proposed modification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\5\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 8th November 1938 | |
| Y 11/14 also 300a To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.11/MH.{M. Huckerby}8.11.38. PH.III OIL COOLERS - 35-EX CAR. In order to endeavour to reduce the chance of oil cooler failures on Ph.III cars (these failures having reached a very serious state) we are considering modifying the oil pipes so that the overflow oil only goes through the cooler, and the latter is therefore only subjected to a very slight pressure. We wish to ascertain (1) What this pressure will be. (2) What the oil flow through the cooler will be. (3) What the heat dissipation of the cooler will be. To do this we wish you to rig up, to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std's verbal instructions, on 35-EX car, a pipe from the air flow oil passage to the cooler and from the cooler to the wheel case - it will be necessary to fit a cooler which we will supply for the purpose. Will you also make the necessary connections for us to use an external cooler to keep the oil temperature down on the dynamometer. We would like this work carried out with a minimum of delay as we must decide about this change without delay. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||