Clutch and accelerator to floor for oil priming

[petesv8v]

Hi on a manual V8 Vantage you can dip the clutch and press the accelerator to the floor and then engine turns over without starting to enable oil priming which is useful if car has not run for a while.

Question does this feature apply to manual V12V ,DB9 and DBS as well ; mentioned it to owners of both who did not know and obviously reluctant to try it without knowing it will work.

[Far Eastender]

It does on a V12V...

[petesv8v]

Thanks will pass on - just need any manual DB9 or DBS owners to confirm or not

I think its a really good feature and will help to negate engine wear on cars that are not daily drivers but seems little known including it would seem AM dealers

[DB9VolanteDriver]

petesv8v said:

Thanks will pass on - just need any manual DB9 or DBS owners to confirm or not

I think its a really good feature and will help to negate engine wear on cars that are not daily drivers but seems little known including it would seem AM dealers

They all have this feature. It is clearly delineated in the owner's manual.

[Impasse]

Most reasonably modern fuel injected cars have this feature. Lotus were doing it in the 1980's.

[simonpa]

As Impasse says, it's standard on anything with fuel injection and a throttle position sensor.
If it detects the throttle is fully down and the engine is turning at less than about 500 RPM, then it will not supply fues.

This allows you to prime the oil (limited value, really, as starting the engine does the same thing, but more quickly).
More usefully, it allows the engine to clear excess fuel in the cylinders, if it is flooded.

Keeping the clutch down does nothing to the ECU normally, but it allows the starter to run and also reduces load on the starter/battery as otherwise it is turning the prop and the gearbox primaries.