Marking Catalytic Converter
#16
Nope. With today’s battery powered saws and cutoff wheels, just cut the studs and two bolts , you’re done! Oh! The O2 wires. They just sell the cats for the scrap value, they aren’t worried about a little damage
#17
I did hear a local news report that the police had arrested someone after a traffic stop. Among other things, they had a stolen catalytic converter in the vehicle. If it was marked with the owner's information, they might eventually get it back.
#18
The stealing of catalytic converters from Prius is rampant. The HHR cat is pretty well inaccessible without removing the entire downpipe. The OP was particularly paranoid, but I think if you bother to read the first page you will find our advice is basically "don't worry".
I even saw a report of a box truck full of stolen cats, mostly from Hybrid EVs and big pickups at a traffic stop.
Since it is illegal for a shop to install a used cat they go to "heavy metal" recycling. I asked how much I could get for my old cat, was told maybe $15, not worth my time going to the recycler.
I even saw a report of a box truck full of stolen cats, mostly from Hybrid EVs and big pickups at a traffic stop.
Since it is illegal for a shop to install a used cat they go to "heavy metal" recycling. I asked how much I could get for my old cat, was told maybe $15, not worth my time going to the recycler.
#19
Crackheads steal the brass caps off standpipes for $1. Which is why the new ones are plastics. They'll do $40,000 worth of damage ripping copper plumbing out of a house for $75 in scrap. It doesn't have to make sense.
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