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).
30 HP car, GUL-20, with a sticking oil relief valve due to bad fitting and burrs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 7th July 1936 | |
| COPIES SENT TO E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Sft.{Mr Swift} C O P Y. Cricklewood. 7.7.36. To G.W.H. Chateauroux. Another 30 HP. car came in to-day, GUL-20, only done 626 miles. Very bad slow running and no oil pressure. Trouble:- Oil relief valve sticking. I had a look at the valve and it is covered all over with burrs. It must have been put in straight off the machine. It was also a tight fit in the bore. It seems to me that all these troubles are due to bad fitting right from the start. A thing like this could be the seizure of an engine to an unobservant driver. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/K.F.Scholes. | ||