Identifying Honda Catalytic Converters for Scrap
How to Identify and Sell Honda Catalytic Converters with RRCats
Honda catalytic converters can be tricky to identify due to unique shield shapes, missing O2 sensors, and hidden serial numbers. This guide walks you through locating ID features and requests an accurate quote from our team at RRCats.
As one of the most popular car manufacturers, you would think that Honda would do a better job at numbering or categorizing their catalytic converters…but they do not. As one of the most valuable brands of catalytic converters, Honda has a very poor and inadequate system for their catalytic converters.
While a select few have numbers stamped on them, most units are unmarked with serial numbers, and many do not even have the logo. This makes it harder for scrappers to learn about and more confusing at the same time.
What characteristics do Honda converters have?
We look for the length of the units, whether they are manifolds or pre-cats, and whether there are O2 Sensors on them. Honda is known for including O2 sensors in most of its units to help the engine and the car’s computer know that it is doing its job of filtering the emissions cleanly.
There are many smaller manifold catalytic converters, and some fall into the small foreign category.
What Honda Catalytic Converters Look Like
Below are pictures of each of the common varieties. This helps determine the value and the number of biscuits in each converter, it is so important that when trying to get an accurate quote, you send a picture of the whole converter from top to bottom. This will help determine the number of biscuits inside the catalytic converter and the side of the cat that the O2 sensor was on.
Scrap Honda Catalytic Converter Identification
In this video, Tom explains key Honda cat features, including straight O2 sensors, vent patterns, and wing designs. Since Honda converters don’t have serial numbers, it's crucial to send photos of the shield and the cat without the shield when requesting a quote.
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