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).
Suitability and potential standardisation of Wakefields Castrol 'R' oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\3\ Scan042 | |
| Date | 13th October 1920 | |
| X.1583 To BJ. from hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED OCT 14 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG13.10.20. X.1583 RE WAKEFIELDS CASTROL "R" OIL. X.995 With reference to the returned standardisation sheet (attached). This is the oil which Mr. Royce and we have by experience found it to be the best lubricant. Up to the present it is not mentioned in our chassis Instruction Book but when the standardisation sheets are completed, it is our intention to recommend this oil as well as Prices'. A note will be added in the Instruction Book to say that we consider Castrol "R" Oil is the best lubricant but in cases where customers object either to the cost or the smell, Prices' oil could be used. In our memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG22.7.20 copy to FN. we asked FN. to try Wakefields Castrol Oil on the trials cars because we were contemplating standardising it. We have not heard whether they have tested it or not. Our opinion is that the smell is not objectionable. If R.R. cars were in the habit of belching out smoke from the exhaust, there might be an objectionable smell. Cars on which we have used it, we have not noticed any smell. We may, of course, not be very good judges because at the works we live in an atmosphere of Castrol oil. hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R.R. 288A (100) (T.S.H'S.) 11.9.19. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 9800 | ||