Due to the car standing for some weeks now I would like to turn it over without starting, just to circulate the oil.
Does anyone have any suggestions.
Is there a fuse or a relay I can pull ?
When I do an oil change I normally disconnect the injectors and turn the engine over briefly just to circulate the oil, especially to the turbo. Would that do, or am I doing something wrong.  Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

If you disconnect the electrical feed to the injectors its definitely not going to start, it should turn over just as you do with an oil change. Ive never bothered to do this and had no issues. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Well that will do for me Bob.

Just wanted a second opinion.  Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

Job done.
Disconnected injectors, turned engine over a couple of times just to make sure oil pressure OK and oil circulated.
Put it back together, started and let it run for 10 minutes with the a/c on , just to lubricate the seals. Then remembered the back of the exhaust is still in the garage and the prop shaft is lying on some blocks as I haven't put the diff/haldex assy back in yet (waiting for driveshaft retainers).
Strangely no difference in exhaust noise.

If you are wondering why I do this, I was advised years ago by a turbo expert. He told me you run the risk of briefly spinning the turbo with little or no oil at the bearings.  Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

Makes sense, building oil pressure before starting a dormant engine is good practice, mine rarely stands still long enough to need this and if I'm only doing an oil change the residual oil would keep it happy till the new stuff flows. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

 Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

I would have thought that it would take a lot more than spinning the engine over a couple of times on the key to get oil up to the top of the engine to lubricate the cams/turbo etc. What about when all these new cars are sat in storage for weeks or months before being sold? Still, as the saying goes, every little helps! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

gasman wrote:

Due to the car standing for some weeks now I would like to turn it over without starting, just to circulate the oil.
Does anyone have any suggestions.
Is there a fuse or a relay I can pull ?
When I do an oil change I normally disconnect the injectors and turn the engine over briefly just to circulate the oil, especially to the turbo. Would that do, or am I doing something wrong.

Like all liquids oil will find the lowest point if given the time. When I do an oil change I leave it for some time to drain as much of the old stuff as possible.
Turning it over without starting makes sure oil reaches the turbo without it spinning.
Also you should never blip the throttle just before you switch off as the turbo will keep spinning but the oil pump will have stopped.

May be I am being over sensitive, who knows but it can't do any harm.  Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

Anyone who had an early turbo-diesel Land Rover is very nervous about turbos still spinning at shut down and learned to sit for a while at idling speed to give the turbo long enough to stop spinning before switching off! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

When engines had carburettors and turbo’s were rare, the reason I was given for not blipping the throttle before turning off an engine was that the fuel rich vapour, and throttle pumps sprayed neat fuel into inlet tracts, would wash the oil film off of the cylinder bores leading to accelerated wear when the engine was next started. Probably more valid with petrol engines than diesel as turning off the ignition didn’t turn off the carburettor, just the spark, hence the unburnt fuel, but just as valid today.