catalytic converter recycling

  1. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
    #1
    hi just wondered if anyone knows roughly What price Im looking to get for my old catalytic converter in a scrap yard. Is there a rate or is it scrap yard specific. Thanks.
  2. Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Aylesbury Posts: 1868 Seat Leon Cupra tdi
    #2
    I've been told about £25 for a citroen one and £12 for an aftermarket
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
    #3
    Hardly worth the effort to be honest unless you've got a job lot of them
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  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
    #4
    twenty five quid is better than Nothing. The cat on mine is coming off any way cause the down pipe bit is blowing.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
    #5
    also you rekon they'd take two drive shafts?
  6. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carlvtr88 View Post
    also you rekon they'd take two drive shafts?
    Probably but you arent going to get much for them
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
    #7
    ok guys. Ill just take the cat and see What they say. I think These shafts might be suitable to sell on. So ill leave them.
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS
    #8
    I thought the platinum in them was worth a fair bit, obviously im wrong
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Brettles1986 View Post
    I thought the platinum in them was worth a fair bit, obviously im wrong
    Depends how much is in it
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #10
    I was told a max of £30.00 for a saxo cat.
  11. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
    #11
    I'd be happy with 20 or 30 quid. Money toward cost of new parts. I'll phone around a few scrap yards in my area and ask them. It is a genuine citroen one by the way. Just got the down pipe blowing.
  12. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #12
    its not just platinum thats in them either matey
  13. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mandyslover70 View Post
    its not just platinum thats in them either matey
    Aren`t there a few nasty substances in them as well?
  14. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #14
    yep, types of nasty heavy metals
  15. Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Thorne+Grimsby Posts: 717 S2GTi / Megane cc
    #15
    I've got a couple to get rid of too, as well as a load of other scrap ill put up here what I get when I go in the morning.
  16. Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Lancs Posts: 130
    #16
    May help , I got 112 quid for 4 cats at a scrap yard , 2 of then were small , one average size and one big cat of a BMW , also weighed in some alloy wheels and got 30 quid for them , mild steel is worth pennys and would be best keeping the shaft as Spair
  17. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #17
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carlvtr88 View Post
    also you rekon they'd take two drive shafts?
    Yeh they will.

    They will give you about 20p for them too,and thats not sarcasm.
  18. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by joeturnerrfx View Post
    May help , I got 112 quid for 4 cats at a scrap yard , 2 of then were small , one average size and one big cat of a BMW , also weighed in some alloy wheels and got 30 quid for them , mild steel is worth pennys and would be best keeping the shaft as Spair
    you got dry bummed matey, genuine bm cats are worth more then that on their own. best ones are 406 hdi cats, fetching £220+ as scrap
  19. Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Thorne+Grimsby Posts: 717 S2GTi / Megane cc
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    I went to two scrap metal merchants, the first wasn't interested in them at all and only offered me the steel weight value, the second said he would only pay £3 per cat as he couldn't be sure what they were worth.
    There are some sites on the net that pay for them.
    www.webuyanycat.co.uk
    But I guess round here nobody wants them, I used to have some gypos come down to my unit offering me a tenner per cat a few years back.
  20. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 5801 1.1 106 XN Time, MK2 VTR 01. Ford Focus ST3 CP320
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mochachino View Post
    Yeh they will.

    They will give you about 20p for them too,and thats not sarcasm.
    Yeah, I had a feeling they werent worht nout. Im almost certain one of them is OK (offside one) so i might be able to sell it on.

    The only problem that was wrong with the nearside one was it had this very loud whistle, like a teapot when it had warmed up.
  21. Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Lancs Posts: 130
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mandyslover70 View Post
    you got dry bummed matey, genuine bm cats are worth more then that on their own. best ones are 406 hdi cats, fetching £220+ as scrap
    That was the place that offered the most for them round here , might decat a 307hdi before I sell it if that's the case