BMW X3 F25 diesel cut off relay: where/how?

[azapa]

Well it does say "about anything else"...

Non-OEM GPS Tracker installation: cut off relay - where...

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No luck there it seems, and you lot are far smarter and kinder too.

So with all the carjackings down here I've fitted a great aftermarket GPS Tracker that will allow me to send a cut off instruction via the app to the hijacked car to shut it down.

This is not hypothetical: two armed carjack attempts in the past 3 years, not fun. I resisted, stupidly, and ended up in both cases OK and with the life/car/family/possessions. Next time I've promised myself to hand the car over.

So, have the relay ready to go in, but I'm not sure in which circuit to place it. The tracker is at the back of the car, but interrupting those thick battery cables (buying a 300A relay for example) does not feel right.

Any tips?

 

[Gazcw]

Can you not wire it to some C4?

Can you divert the fuel pump power from the fusebox or after it to the pump, under rear seat maybe. I am guessing the fuel tank is under the rear seat?

 

[Oneball]

If it was me I’d want to cut off the fuel pump relay.

 

[CatmanV2]

If it was me I’d want to cut off the fuel pump relay.

Would be my thought. That may be a warning

C

 

[FIFTY]

+1 for the C4 idea but I guess the objective is to get the car back

 

[Gazcw]

Would be my thought. That may be a warning

C

If you are agreeing I will

+1 for the C4 idea but I guess the objective is to get the car back

It's only an X3. Expendable.....

 

[CatmanV2]

If you are agreeing I will

Well the worst that can happen would be a sudden and gratuitous total existence failure

C

 

[Gazcw]

Well the worst that can happen would be a sudden and gratuitous total existence failure

C

I already have that. The missus told me....

 

[CatmanV2]

I already have that. The missus told me....

That was NOT my fault

C

 

[Gazcw]

That was NOT my fault

C

I am not so sure. I will ask her.

 

[FIFTY]

It's only an X3. Expendable.....

Just get these guys in then

 

[CatmanV2]

Just get these guys in then

They earned their money that day, I feel

C

 

[azapa]

gosh I blink and the tread goes wonky! you guys...

I thought about interrupting the fuel pump power cable, it is very close to my installation location, just under the backseat. But, Its a diesel? No problems with it running dry? Do these modern diesel jobbies bleed themselves?