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).
Dissatisfaction with Price's lubricating oil and plans to test alternatives.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\4\ Scan150 | |
| Date | 18th December 1923 | |
| ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X/588 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG18.12.23. LUBRICATING OILS. X.1588 X1583 X967 We are not at all satisfied with some of the recent results we have obtained with Price's Oil. There have been cases of failure which we consider have been due to this oil. Because of the dissatisfaction with Prices Oil we are running experimental cars with different oils and our tests so far show that either Duckhams or Wakefields oil is better than Prices. We have arranged that when we have three cars running in France under similar conditions we shall make comparisons with different oils. We think it would be unwise to bind ourselves to using Prices Oil. Where customers have enquired, we have told them that in our opinion the Rolls-Royce car will behave satisfactorily on Duckhams Oil. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||