Specific case of engine over-oiling on a Phantom, sent to the Works for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\1\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 1st October 1925 | |
| 18980 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from CJ. Over-Oiling. CJ8/E1/10/25 In your memo. addressed to R. {Sir Henry Royce} , Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LG28/9/25 concerning over-oiling, on Phantom engine, you write: 'So far we have not seen a bad example of an engine for over-oiling'. I presume that you are in touch with the Repair Dept. and EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} in connection with this matter? We sent by train 11 RC. {R. Childs} in order that the people at the Works might see a very bad case of over-oiling. Did you see this? CJ. | ||
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).