A converter unlimited is one of the main elements of the exhaust system
, performing the function of reducing the emission of harmful substances and exhaust gases into the atmosphere. It is usually installed on both gasoline and diesel power plants in close proximity to the exhaust manifold or muffler.
The converter unlimited is subject to mandatory disposal, which is a complicated process that requires special equipment. The purchase of a converter unlimited has been carried out almost everywhere.
The cost of every used car converter unlimited depends on:
- Type of device (metal or ceramic);
- Countries of origin (Germany, France, USA, Japan or China, RF);
- Car model, engine size, year of manufacture, country of assembly or where it was exported;
- From size: cut from the body, whole or broken, shredded;
- On the purity, degree of contamination of the delivered mass: with asbestos, cotton wool or without;
- From exchange quotations of prices for metals Pt, Pd, Rh and from exchange rates;
- Weights, there are catalytic converters which weight is only 100 grams;
- Duration of operation and its intensity, up to 150 tons of 1/3 of the original;
- On the quality and type of fuel. For example, on gas for 2 years and as a result it is almost empty.
- The price of the first converter unlimited is higher than all subsequent ones, even if they are in the same housing, with the exception of Subaru, on the contrary, the latter is more expensive.
Auto producers are creating more and more sophisticated vehicles to comply with environmental laws. A converter unlimited is a gadget of a vehicle, pointed toward lessening harmful emissions into the environment by diminishing NO and afterburning CO. Most of all precious metals are contained in a ceramic converter unlimited from German cars, such as Opel, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen.
The cost for converter unlimited will be approximately one hundred and twenty percent of the average indicated, but it should be taken into account that the converter unlimited from cars released after 2000 will differ significantly in price from the car manufactured before 1997. It should also be taken into account that there is a catalytic converter with a predominance of platinum and a predominance of palladium.
Next in the price range are car converter unlimited from Japanese cars like Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Honda.
Their cost ranges from seventy five one hundred and ten percent, followed by the cars of French automakers, the cost of their catalytic converter is seventy to ninety five percent of the nominal.
Then, according to the cost there are American cars with sixty to ninety percent, “Koreans” – sixty-eighty five %. The cheapest used car catalytic converters are from Russian-made cars, unless, of course, this is an export option.