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).
High oil temperature of 110°C, potential bearing issues, and delayed radiator tests on a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 20th April 1936 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KW.20.4.36. We were startled to see an oil temperature of 110°C. This is the first indication we have had of high oil temperatures, and should like to know whether it was an exceptional figure, in which case it might indicate that bearing trouble was being experienced, or whether high oil temperatures have been continuously experience in France. We presume that you could not do your radiator tests on the Bentley until the 20/25 arrives at Chateauroux. We have warned Waller emphatically about driving fast. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||