CatRegeneration
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CatRegeneration is a mobile service that comes to your location to regenerate your original equipment catalytic converters without removing them from your vehicle for a fraction of the cost of new OEM replacements. This innovative new service is your solution if your car or truck has a Check Engine Light for Code P0420, P0421 or P0430, P0431 and you need to pass a state inspection in Williamson or Travis County Texas.
Our mobile service will come to your location and analyze your vehicle and converter to determine the possible cause of the failure, and if the converter is not damaged we will regenerate your catalytic converters back to operating condition.
Catalytic converters are designed to last for the life of the vehicle. So why do they fail?
The most common catalytic converter failure is catalyst poisoning which occurs when the converter is exposed to emissions that coat the working surfaces of the converter, enveloping the catalyst to the point it cannot efficiently treat the exhaust. This type of failure accounts for about 90% of the catalytic converters that have failed and can be regenerated back to working condition.
Other failures are overheated, melted or broken converters that can be caused by an unusually high level of fuel in conjunction with high levels of oxygen to enter the converter, and can dramatically elevate its temperature causing internal meltdown or breaking apart. Failures of this type cannot be regenerated and the converter would have to be replaced.
If you need your converter replaced due to failures that cannot be regenerated, we provide a low cost solution to install new oem or heavy grade direct fit aftermarket converters.
We guarantee after cleaning and regenerating your Catalytic Converter, that your catalytic converter will pass the Texas State Inspection Emission Testing.
How Does A Catalytic Converter Work ?
Important Information to know about Catalytic Converters!
New Factory OEM Converter – This is the best you can get, it is a perfect fit and functions exactly as the car maker designed it to. Getting the best will cost you the most, these converters don’t come cheap.
Aftermarket Universal Fit – These standard grade converters work great for Pre-ODBII vehicles (Prior to 1996). If you get one to function in your OBDII vehicle and not trigger a check engine light, your lucky and you may want to buy a lottery ticket!
Aftermarket Direct Fit – We could get very technical here as to why these converters are legal to use and are cheap, but let’s sum it up real easy for you. New OEM converters are expensive because they contain precious metals. They are called PGM, Platinum metals group; these are Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium, and Cerium.
Most New OEM converters contain $300 to $800 dollars of these metals, depending on market value, and that is just the cost of the PGM, they still have to manufacture the converter! How can an aftermarket company make a converter that would need to have that amount of PGM in it, but then sell it for less than the cost of the required metals?
The rules the EPA created in reference to manufacturing an aftermarket converter are from 1988. Back then almost all aftermarket converters sold were universal fit standard grade converters, and that worked for the most part. In 1996 the EPA mandated OBDII in vehicles. OBDII rules specify that the vehicle ECU must have the ability to detect if the converter is operating within the original specs so that the vehicle emissions are compliant with the rules at the time the vehicle was manufactured.
The rules for emissions have gotten more restrictive as years have passed since 1988 to say the least. Ultimately the EPA requires a heavy grade aftermarket converter to finish burning at least 70% of the un-burnt fuel from your engine. So while an aftermarket converter maybe legal to sell, it does not have to meet the same requirements as the new OEM converter cleaning 90% + of un-burnt fuel. Aftermarket converters can also have a reduced life expectancy over the OEM converters.
Those details don’t even get into the fact that the engineering in a vehicle in 1988 was nothing compared to today’s technology! When a manufacturer makes a vehicle today, they need to get every detail perfect to extract the best MPG from the drive train. This means that everything from the air filter, engine, transmission, and exhaust are designed and tested as a unit. Placing a standard grade aftermarket converter in the mix just won’t match up like a factory OEM converter would!
Regenerated Catalytic Converters - This is the best of everything. You will have the function of an OEM converter, but the cost will be significantly less then new, and the best part is any converter that is regenerated by CatRegeneration is guaranteed to pass state inspection.
Referance source: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mstrs/oct2010/10_cackette.pdf