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).
General complaints regarding petrol filters, the deterioration of the filter gauze, and suggestions for improvements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\2\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 6th October 1919 guessed | |
| To k.{Mr Kilner} from Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to De. ---------- 73701. Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}14/W24919. ---------- RE PETROL FILTERS. ---------- There is general complaint with regard to our petrol filters. The evidence is not in all cases very clear, but we have had examples in which the gauze of the filter disc has become rotten. I enclose one such sample. One layer of this has been destroyed purposely but you will see that other layers are in a very bad condition, and the edges have broken away. The fact that attention to this filter is not very easy, that the making of the top joint requires a certain amount of skill, no doubt has some bearing on this trouble. We feel that filter gauze should be replaced say, at least every two years and in addition to this you may perhaps consider it desirable to incorporate the additional filter near the Carburetter which could perhaps be made more accessible. Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} 1 enc. | ||