How do I disable the engine??????

[TicTac]

Hi all

Earlier tonite i was stopped at the junction at the top of my road by a discovery driven by pikeys. They stopped so i couldnt pull out and nearly broke their necks looking at my truck, i have a feeling they were casing it. My trucks been tricked up a lot just recently and has quite a few add ons'. They were driving a J reg disco same colour as mine. Anyway my question really is, is there anything i can do to disable the engine so it cant be driven off the drive???? It has got an immobiliser but not that new.....dont think they wud risk trying to get it on a trailer cos they wud make to much noise ( i live in a cul-de-sac). I no if they want the add ons they will have them away but i just wanted to make it a little bit harder for them to get the whole vehicle itself!!! I dont really want to have to do a lot of messing around in the engine tho............Has anyone got any ideas???????????

[ben_haynes]

best is fit a battery cut off switch, like what panda has on his truck?? easy to wire in and secure,

unfortunatly if they want it bad enough, they will have it, wether it has an imobiliser, or a battery kill switch, or better still,

i would remove both number plates while it is parked up, as they will have those,  they do this to stop them getting pulled for no T&T, and to do petrol drive offs

sorry to put a downer on things but that is the way things are

[carbore]

A hidden switch somewhere in the dash (where an ashtray comes out etc) connected to something like a pump or fuse.  They will spend so long on the imobilser they wont look for it.

Pull out a few fuses.

However its till easy enough to just tow it onto a trailer and take it away.  So you are looking at wheel clamps or driveway secuity.

You could rig up a CCTV camera (even if you dont have it connected to anyting! dont use the dummy ones as they will no doubt know them, but they real thing is cheap enough.

Good luck.

[Range Rover Blues]

You'll also find that under the lift pump on the TDi is a manual pumping lever.  On most I've seen you can pucj this right down therby locking the lift pump.  The engine will run for about a minute, at which point it will stopin the middle of the road, having made a lot of noise.

How about a voltage sensitive switch and a N/C relay on the fuel cut off, then as soon as the alternator is generating the engine will cut out again, very frustrating ;)

[redhand]

Disconnect the live feed to the Starter solenoid and wire a feed via a hidden switch which is fed from the ignition to the starter. The switch only becomes live when the key is in the starting position. if the switch is in the off position, the engine will never turn over.

[Disco Matt]

There is a variant on the "hidden switch in solenoid circuit" involving a removable link. This can be any sort of small plug and socket, and if done well just leaves yet another little connector that looks like part of the wiring loom. They're very unlikely to find it, let alone be able to cobble something together to complete the circuit (as you've taken the removable link inside with your keys).

[freelanderpx54]

Semtex seat warmers??

If they want it they will get it. An agricultural electric fence unit wired up to the battery would make them think twice but if it p**sed them off they would probably torch the vehicle. A sort of "if I can't have it neither will you"

Other than that, shoot them and take the bodies toa pig farm and feed them to the pigs

[Rich_P]

Disconnect or remove the battery, otherwise it would be relatively straight forwards to get the engine going (they only have to pop the bonnet, one wire is enough to get it going permitting the ignition switch will still turn the starter over).

[ben_haynes]

ok then plumb in a fuel cut of, by the sedimenter, and they wond have a hope of geting it started

[Panda]

Someone say my name????

tic tac you have PM  ;)

[Range Rover Blues]

Disconnect or remove the battery, otherwise it would be relatively straight forwards to get the engine going (they only have to pop the bonnet, one wire is enough to get it going permitting the ignition switch will still turn the starter over).

That's why having an engine that will start only to cut out irretrrievably a short time later works so well, the thieving pikey will have drawn attantion to himself and sitting in the middle of the road grinding away at the starter only makes him feel more conspicuous.  I've had several mates who have found their cars a few yards down the road in the morning and it's always something simple but not obvious that saves the day.

Then there's always a Discloc and pedal lock or a wheelclamp.

[datalas]

If it's a diesel,  consider putting a cut-off switch into the fuel solenoid,  this would pretty much stop it from running since that's how they stop in the first place :)

[TicTac]

Thanks everyone for your ideas.
   Especially like the idea of semtex seatwarmers!!!!!
     

[datalas]

disconnect the throttle linkage ?

open up the air intake box and wedge a potato in before the intercooler.