[Burning2nd]

It takes 10 seconds to change a coil..

and 5 min to change a plug...

not really a bid deal, saying you did a rear main seal, and didn't change the cross over tube gasket... IS a bid deal...

Im going to throw a set of plugs at the n62 soon.. just because i have no base line of when it was done, i have the plugs on hand already... BUT coils no.. ill just keep a few on hand like i do for all my cars.. hell i might even have one on hand already.. BMW likes to share parts

 

[oldiegoodie]

Upon doing a cold start today I can say with confidence that rough idle is gone! I am not kidding; it's completely gone. Car starts perfectly!

 

[DanielFD]

you wont find a junkyard in the states that will sell you a used cat,

lol for some reason used cat's in America are like black market gun sales.. just with a higher penalty

like not even exaggerating: its illegal to sell used cats in America

your options are new aftermarket, New OEM... Or breaking the law breaking the law

you might be able to find someone who will give you the entire exhaust off a car including the cats.. BUT know that somewhere someone there is breaking the law

OR move to where i live where we dont have emissions check.. and you can strait pipe that sob lol

HAHA so i've just been caught giving illegal advice online? Awesome haha weird laws man..

 

[Burning2nd]

its a law that no one enforces... but if you get caught its like 50k fine

what happens is junk yards when a new car comes in, they will pull the cats off.. and set them to the side,

then there is another guy who comes around and buys them.. (because he has a license to do so) and he will buy them back for what ever amount per unit,

then he deposes of them "properly" per government standard

use to have this guy in a pickup truck come around ever 3 months looking for used cats, think he gave us 50$ a cat.... it was weird.. it was like the crack head of cat's

yo man you got some cats laying around.. let me buy them from you

 

[DanielFD]

its a law that no one enforces... But if you get caught its like 50k fine

what happens is junk yards when a new car comes in, they will pull the cats off.. And set them to the side,

then there is another guy who comes around and buys them.. (because he has a license to do so) and he will buy them back for what ever amount per unit,

then he deposes of them "properly" per government standard

use to have this guy in a pickup truck come around ever 3 months looking for used cats, think he gave us 50$ a cat.... It was weird.. It was like the crack head of cat's

yo man you got some cats laying around.. Let me buy them from you

 

[Burning2nd]

lol yep.. now imagine a black mazda b2200 truck with rusted out real wheel wells

actually the first time i met the guy i was like.. No i dont got anything for you man..

I was at the shop alone, when my partner came back i told him what happen.. he was like awww man.. i have a bunch of them up stairs for him..

i was like.. I didnt know you have a crack head catalytic converter market going on here man


i didnt know... guess that guy goes to all the shops and buys them back... It wasn't his money.. it was actually bought back by the state, he was just the driver

so literally it was like a drug market for cats

 

[DanielFD]

Haha so much weird **** going on everywhere. Weird how a simple law can create a black market and a need for something like that with some people actually making a living of this. Nobody buys anything except used cats here. Never seen somebody buy a new cat. Every breaker yard is going to have a ton of exhaust systems and cats all stacked up ready to go for super cheap.

 

[Burning2nd]

the real beef they have with cats.. Is the material inside, stuff "known to cause cancer in California" i guess

Platinum Palladium Rhodium

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platino, meaning "little silver"
Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803
Rhodium is a chemical element with symbol Rh and atomic number 45. It is a rare, silvery-white, hard, corrosion-resistant and chemically inert transition metal. It is a noble metal and a member of the platinum group. It has only one naturally occurring isotope


not to geek out, but you intrigued me about what the big deal is about cats,

So some poking around and i found some groups... precious metals recovery groups exc exc.. basically the underground reclaimers,

THEN i found the governmental scientists and laser beams type group... Im not sure if its more about the environment or the value of the metal basically the underground is saying its the value of the metal it self "it doesn't go bad, you can bake them clean" this trick that trick

the scientists are saying the metal must be extracted thru this process.. and bla bla bla

anyway on then

 

[motohunter4]

Platinum is a rare metal.

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[oldiegoodie]

Platinum is a rare metal.

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It's very conductive too. Palladium as well. You'll find these metals in electronics, especially medical and other highly dependent equipment.

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[dharmabmw]

Platinum is a rare metal.

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Rhodium is rarer than platinum and palladium. It sells for double the price of gold, at roughly 2500$us per Troy ounce. Platinum and palladium are almost the same price at 30000$us per kilo (2.2 pounds). That's why the scrap metal guys want catalytic converters.

 

[DanielFD]

Well turns out crackhead cat man is the smart one after all.

 

[Zamil.Zaruck]

My coils arrived today, so I wasn't hesitating and changed them right away. Well, let me tell you guys, if you think your car is running fine, no misfires, good mileage, etc., think again! I got the catalytic converter code last week and did my research. I decided to get new coils.

Job went smooth, took me about 2 hours, to do it all properly. After the job I went for a test drive. I got a bit of traffic, so I couldn't really test it out under load. At normal conditions the new coils didn't make any difference.

But then, I finally got to red light and was at the line, so I could take off and see if things have changed.

Guess what? :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

I took off like a roadrunner! Wheels spinning like crazy! I'm glued to the seat! My face is grinning! So, yeah, those old coils were definitely on the way out and couldn't do the job under heavy load.

Here is one of the better looking ones:

I also have the same error code 29F5 catalytic conversion 2 on my bmw 320i N46 engine.. I changed to Bosch coils today and deleted the error code.. but I'm not sure how long will it take for it to permanently get deleted from the system..do you know how many Kms should I run to check if it's deleted??

 

[Mhughes99]

I ordered a set of Bosch ignition coils last night. Should be here by Wednesday. In the mean time, I should probably make sure that no more damage is being done to the Catalytic converter on Bank 2, as the code suggests. I am thinking about some cleaning detergent like Cataclean or something similar. Anyone have some feedback on a good catalytic converter cleaner?

cataclean works great

 

[dharmabmw]

cataclean works great

Just use one bottle. A friend used a few bottles at once and overheated the catalytic elements.