Disco 2 Is it safe to imobilise the fuel pump?

Just ordered a GPS / GPRS tracking system for my Disco. It will tell me by SMS when it moves, where it is etc. One of the features is an output which can be switched by a phone call to the device. My first question is, is it safe to cut power to the fuel pump when the vehicle is moving. This is a question about whether I would cause any damage to the vehicle rather than any mayhem caused by a vehicle suddenly losing power on the highway. I am currently thinking through whether this would be safe to other road users if some toe-rag had nicked it and I cut the fuel pump by remote phone call. Secondly if people think its OK for the vehicle which is the best wire to interrupt to cut power to the pump. ( I can imagine that Sierafery will come back with that answer ) Look forward to your thoughts.

Have you done a search on here? I am sure the moral and legal aspects of sudden vehicle immobilisation have been discussed on numerous occasions.....

Maybe think about immobilising vehicle BEFORE its nicked???????

I wonder how many D2s (I assume this what we're talking about) are actually driven away when stolen? Come to that, how many actually get nicked? It seems to me that the immobiliser / deadlocking system is actually quite sophisticated and difficult to defeat.

How about rigging it to a 6" spike that comes up through the drivers seat.

wammers said:

How about rigging it to a 6" spike that comes up through the drivers seat.

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Hmm may have reverse effect, Im sure there some folks out there who wouldnt mind a sudden 6" rear "invasion"!

markomate2 said:

Hmm may have reverse effect, Im sure there some folks out there who wouldnt mind a sudden 6" rear "invasion"!

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I said spike, not butt plug.

Lordy doesnt the swear filter catch Butt Plug

Was thinking of doing the immobilising when I parked it in an iffy place. Wouldn't ring this device up every time I parked it to cut the fuel pump.

iansoady said:

I wonder how many D2s (I assume this what we're talking about) are actually driven away when stolen? Come to that, how many actually get nicked? It seems to me that the immobiliser / deadlocking system is actually quite sophisticated and difficult to defeat.

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+1, if the D2's factory set immobiliser is working as it should you dont need anything else, though if you insist to make something more not the pump is the way cos a D2 can run many miles with a dead pump just that it's powerless, it will even start with non working pump as long as there's no leak along the fuel delivery system... what you want is simple, you have to interrupt one of the wires to the inertia switch cos this will cut feed to the main relay and then it's perfectly immobilised as the engine ECU is left without feed and no harm to the engine... about the risks it's up to you to decide

Sierrafery you're a star. What would we do without you. Thanks for reply.