New $20 cat
#1
03-01-2012, 07:06 PM
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New $20 cat
Last year I replaced my cat with a Walker Direct Fit converter due to a code 67 (P0420). The light's never come back. The cat was $150 shipped free from Amazon and at the time Walker had a $40 rebate, so $110 out-of-pocket. At the junkyard the other day someone told me that metal recyclers will pay for old cats as long as the honeycomb is intact, which mine was. I searched the web and found a place in PA that's paying me $90 for the for my old cat plus they're paying the shipping.
Even w/o a rebate, $60 for a new cat is a pretty good deal.
Even w/o a rebate, $60 for a new cat is a pretty good deal.
#4
03-01-2012, 10:50 PM
I think that recyclers can buy used catalytic converters to recycle the metals used in them. You can ask the place that bought your old catalytic converter about the law.
Maybe they are exempt for buying them?
Maybe they are exempt for buying them?
#6
03-02-2012, 09:42 AM
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It's Federal law:
"http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/factshts/catcvrts.pdf"
The law targets reinstallation, not recycling. Recylers remove and crush the honeycomb then take the platinum, palladium and/or rhodium out of it, mostly for reuse in new cats. Platinum costs around $1700 an ounce, which is why a recycler is paying me $90 for my old cat.
With the rash of "Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold" posts lately, I just think it's a pretty good deal to snag a new cat for net $60.
EPA considers it a violation of the policy to install a used converter from a salvage yard or sell it for reuse unless it has been properly tested and labeled...Salvage or junk yards also would be considered liable for causing tampering if they sell converters that have not been tested or do not meet the requirements outlined in the policy and if the converters are subsequently installed by parties named in the Clean Air Act as prohibited from tampering.
The law targets reinstallation, not recycling. Recylers remove and crush the honeycomb then take the platinum, palladium and/or rhodium out of it, mostly for reuse in new cats. Platinum costs around $1700 an ounce, which is why a recycler is paying me $90 for my old cat.
With the rash of "Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold" posts lately, I just think it's a pretty good deal to snag a new cat for net $60.
#7
03-02-2012, 07:24 PM
Yes, they want the metal inside the cat.
Heck there are "people" that will steal cat's from cars (mainly trucks since you can get under them quickly with a sawsall) to sell them.
So because of that, there are now companies that sell security "systems" for cat's.
What a wonderful world we live in.......
Heck there are "people" that will steal cat's from cars (mainly trucks since you can get under them quickly with a sawsall) to sell them.
So because of that, there are now companies that sell security "systems" for cat's.
What a wonderful world we live in.......
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