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Offline Shizzle

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Can you clean a catalytic converter
« on: 16 December 2013, 13:57 »
Can you clean a catalytic converter.
I do not have one on my car currently i  am about to put on one replacing the poorly made dacat pipe :whistle:

Can you cleans these and what with also will it make a difference to my MPG re fitting the cat.

And will i lose any power removing decat pipe i will be replacing the decat pipe whatever i just want to know if it will run differently and it because of the cat and nothing else doing a lot of work to it this week this being the main thing.

Does any one know how loud my car would be with the middle box removed i have a after market system on there and it doesn't evan make a noise at the moment like a standard exhaust just want a little noise with re fitting the cat im hoping for a small noise increase really.

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #2 on: 16 December 2013, 16:06 »
Wow £108.00 for a garage to do it near me defiantly  getting that done this month thank you  :smiley:

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #3 on: 16 December 2013, 16:56 »
New cat is only £50 and a doddle to fit

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #4 on: 16 December 2013, 17:38 »
New aftermarket cats are sh!te and will only last a year.

Get a good 2nd hand one


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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #5 on: 16 December 2013, 18:00 »
New aftermarket cats are sh!te and will only last a year.

Get a good 2nd hand one

it depends on the brand, I sold Klarius one's and they came with a 2 year warranty and we never had a return, yet our cheaper one's did have about a 15% warranty rate (and they were a 1 yr warranty).
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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #6 on: 16 December 2013, 20:07 »
http://www.terraclean.co.uk/faq.html

+1 For that, helped bring the emissions right down on my VR

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #7 on: 16 December 2013, 23:52 »
Ive got a solid one on mine if you fancy whipping it off when you're down mate?

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #8 on: 17 December 2013, 09:56 »
I have a good one from my old car i just thought that this terraclean would help the engine overall really.
I have had mixed reviews really so i thinks it just trial and error plus it cleans injectors so i dint think £108.00 is a bad price really i re fitting cat tonight can see through it as it very clean just the carbon build up on engine i was looking to lose.

The reason i asked if i could clean my cat is just to get the most out of it but after really looking at it its looks nearly new inside so just going to fit tonight and see how i go.

Thank you for all your reply's  :smiley:

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Offline RichardBaronGolf

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Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter
« Reply #9 on: 17 December 2013, 11:06 »
As for how loud your exhaust would be when I first picked up my GTi it had a standard manifold and a powerflow cat back with a middle silencer with back box.

I changed the manifold for a 4 - 2 - 1 kept the standard cat have a straight through middle system to the back box and it LOUD. Maybe too loud bit annoying! Be careful what you go for :)