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).
Customer complaints about engine fumes entering covered bodies and proposing a solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 1st March 1921 | |
| R R.{Sir Henry Royce} 235A (100 T) (S H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 798. 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2947 X3908 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from ) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To E c. to CJ. c. to BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} and BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} and Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to EWE. for R.R.Inc. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG1.3.21. X 3908 FUMES IN COVERED BODIES. We frequently get complaints from customers of the fumes from the engine which get into a covered body. Most of these fumes come from the crankcase breather. Mr. Royce sometime ago instructed that we should test means of preventing the fumes entering the body. We find on our tests that the most practicable way of dealing with these fumes is to arrange a pipe from the breather to lead them into the inlet of the carburetter and let them be consumed by the engine. We recommend that a suitable design is got out so that we can satisfy customers who are complaining. MADE AT CROXLEY Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||