leon_81 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Does anybody know where I can recycle the Cat from my 300TDI preferably for a few quid? I sold an old Peugeot one a few years back on eBay, but there don't seem to be any Discovery ones on there Also, does anyone know how much one is worth in terms of recycling? I've done a search on here but couldn't find anything... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Scrap merchants will give you a fair bit for them, hence y the pikeys round by us were cuttin them out of forecourt cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrolhead63 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 decent scrap metal yards buy them. My yard looks in them with a torch to check pikey's not taken out the inside and added different weight! You need to trust the scrappy, they buy them on visual inspection only and for all I know I get ripped off. However, original car type cats are £30-60 but after market ones £1 only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Yeah it's to do with the quality of the ceramic inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 quite a few scrap metal places will now no longer take cats.... I guess in a effort to stop the pikeys going down the local NCP with a hacksaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon_81 Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 I think when I sold my 306 Cat I got about £45 for it! I guess no harm in calling a few places? I was just wondering if there were any decent online places, like all the mobile phone recycling sites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOA 93 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Scrap man took my RRC away this morning, we were having a natter about Ebay and the price people pay for some stuff and he mentioned he had been bidding on a Nissan Primera cat, it went beyond his £55 max, said he gets around £80 for a catalytic convertor. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie69 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I got £48 for 300tdi cat 2 months ago at my local scrappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Cat man used to come round our unit, we'd get around those sort of prices for OEM and about a tenner for an aftermarket if that. He wasn't bothered about how well they worked again he just checked they were still full of the right stuff. I've got to say though if they've stopped buying them form people they don't know that has to be a good thing. A mate of mine just got ripped off for 3 sets of alloys in his shed, plus the damage to his car getting past it. Turns out the pickup they were driving had stolen plates too so it wasn't done on the offchance. Metal theft is on the up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon_81 Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 I only ask as i might stick a decat pipe on my 300TDI (if it passes the MOT) and so will have the original cat spare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Should pass without it, I've bought one for ours but it's not a priority. It's really just a particle filter on tne TDi though, not a cat with precious metals and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Depends on the mot'r lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon_81 Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 lol, I'm not spending any money on improvements before the MOT! I'll decat it if it passes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 I normally just bury mine in the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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