Car repair specialists practice cleaning options for converters unlimited

1. Preventative cleaning with a detergent.
2. Repeated washing.
3. Mechanical cleaning.

Preventive converters unlimited cleaning, as a rule, is carried out with a mileage of 70 – 80 thousand km. This method allows you to resolve the problem without dismantling the part.

Repeated washing is used to clean a heavily soiled converters unlimited. In order to clean it in this way, you will need to disassemble a part of the exhaust system of a car.

Mechanical cleaning is carried out using a compressor and a brush. This option for cleaning the converters unlimited is also performed on dismantled section of exhaust pipe.

The converters unlimited washing has the following steps:

1. converters unlimited is removed and subjected to strict control. If honeycombs are not destroyed, and the device is considered in good conditions, a manual wash is performed.
2. Hot water is turned on under pressure, the converters unlimited is pressed down with something heavy (but not excessive, just so that it does not fly away, and the honeycomb is not damaged at the same time) and is washed for 2 minutes from each side.
3. Rinse the converters unlimited at home over a porcelain sink, but not over the bathroom (it destroys enamel or acrylic) and not over the kitchen sink (washable chemistry will corrode it).
4. Get the converters unlimited dry.
5. A sign of a successful completion of work will be clean honeycombs. If there is too much dirt on aconverters unlimited, after the first treatment, it should be left overnight in kerosene or diesel fuel, which is easier to get.
6. Re-treatment and washing are carried out.

The need for mechanical converters unlimited cleaning arises when it is not possible to remove contamination by washing the part.

Mechanical method

This work is carried out in the following sequence:

1. converters unlimited is removed from the exhaust system of a car.
2. Contaminated honeycombs are cleaned gently with fine sandpaper.
3. converters unlimited is purged with compressed air.

The mechanical method proved especially good when cleaning converters unlimited of diesel engines. This part is very dirty in such cars, so with a careful approach, you can restore the throughput of the product.

Work should be done very carefully so as not to damage the inside of a unit, which is made of special ceramics.