Audi A6 Catalytic Converter Scrap Price – Where Can You Sell It?

Audi A6 is a pretty popular car in many countries. This is a mid-sized sedan that was developed long ago from a legendary European VW Passat and became a self-sufficient model with a lot of wonderful technologies and design solutions. These vehicles are now legendary, although there have only been made since 1994 and have changed 5 generations.

The A6 has wonderful engines and each of them has a set of catalytic converters that can approximately live about 100,000 miles. After that, you will need to replace them. Today, we'll tell you how much should an Audi A6 catalytic converter cost and how much you can get if you sell it to a proper buyer. Also, we'll discuss the types of converters found in the A6.

Here's what we'll be talking about:

1. Catalytic converters in Audi A6 - what type are they?
2. Audi A6 cat converter scrap price - how much for a cat?
3. How can you sell your catalytic converter from an A6?
4. Selling an old converter to a recycling company.
5. How much can buyers earn with your cat converter?

Let's get started!

What type of catalytic converters can you find in your Audi A6?

If you are interested in a catalytic converter's scrap price for the Audi A6, you are probably the owner of one of the first generations of the vehicle. Otherwise, your cat should be still OK. But we know some owners of the A6 with more than 200,000 mileage on their vehicles, although the cars are just 5-7 years old. So, everything can happen.

Usually, the A6 was equipped with quite big engines. This is a luxury version of the Passat, frankly speaking, so, it should be more luxurious, more powerful, and also more interesting to drive. So, Audi equipped this vehicle with big-displacement engines, a lot of turbocharged units, etc.

Here are some facts about Audi A6 converters:

• all original cats will have the Audi logo and also the serial number on them (sometimes, the VW logo is possible);
• also, these cats usually come in assemblies, they are not used as one single part in the exhaust system, pre-cats are presented;
• pre-cats are usually placed near the exhaust manifold in the engine bay while the main cats in A6 are located under the vehicle;
• all catalytic converters are quite valuable, they contain platinum and palladium, some older cats also may have 1 gram of rhodium;
• these catalytic converters are pretty durable, they are protected from rust and any other types of damage;
• the ceramic honeycomb inside these cats is also durable and of high quality, so it saves the metals for a long time.

You can guess that recycling companies and resellers love these converters because they are usually in good condition and are ready to be recycled. You can always predict how much money you can get after selling metals you can get out of these cats. Just look at the serial number, use special catalogs and see the revenues.

Well, you can't do this, but recycling companies and scrapyards can because they have access to special services. But we'll tell you more about the scrap prices of the catalytic converters you can take from your Audi A6.

Original and aftermarket - any difference?

Yes, the difference is huge. We are talking solely about the OEM catalytic converters you can find in your Audi A6. Any aftermarket cat will not cost that much. If you have an aftermarket catalytic converter in your Audi, you can probably sell it for $20 to $25 at a local scrapyard and just stop reading this article because it won't help you sell it more expansive.

Only OEM converters cost more money because they are predictable in terms of the amount of precious metals you can get out of them. And thanks to this, companies may predict how much they will earn. Without this, they will not pay you a dollar. Scrapyards may risk and buy aftermarket cats that may have no precious metals in them at all.

What's the scrap price for the Audi A6 OEM cat converter?

First of all, we should say that an Audi A6 may have one, two, or even three catalytic converters in an assembly. If there are a lot of cats, they are usually lighter and less expensive. But the average price for the whole assembly may be as big as $500-$550. This is true for those old naturally aspirated big-displacement engines like the 2.8 or the 3.6 one.

The average scrap price for one Audi A6 catalytic converter should be about $220. These are expensive cat converters. But you should know how to sell them to get this price. Also, the prices may vary as the market changes.

Here are some of the most important factors that can influence the prices:

• precious metals prices - market changes every day and the average price of the cat converters will go up or down, too;
• the condition of each cat which is being considered individually before anyone agrees to buy the converter from you;
• the type of the cat - year and model of your car, type of the engine, and also some other factors should be considered;
• the availability of a lot of other catalytic converters on the market - the more are available, the worse prices are offered;
• the company you want to sell your catalytic converter to - this is a great way to improve your price offer.

Well, you can't change the year of the engine type of your Audi A6. But what you can do is change the way your catalytic converter is sold. We mean you can just go to a local scrapyard and try to get some money from it. Or you can research better and find a company that is willing to pay much more for the converter.

How much do companies earn with Audi A6 cat converters?

The problem of catalytic converters recycling is huge. They need a lot of heat energy and a lot of labor to be properly recycled. Also, the precious metals from the only possible way of getting some income for recycling companies. Usually, an average Audi cat contains 5-7 grams of platinum, up to 5 grams of palladium, and maybe 1 gram of rhodium.

This will make well over $1,000 after the company sells all these metals. But the problem is that these companies need to spend at least half of this money on salaries, taxes, energy bills, rent payments, license payments, etc. Also, the company needs to buy a converter from you for $220 of something. So, the revenue is not that huge.

Where can you sell the Audi A6 catalytic converter at a good price?

We may recommend three ways of selling the catalytic converter that you have taken off your Audi A6 vehicle. First of all, you will think about a scrapyard or about some exhaust shops that sometimes advertise buying out your converters and offering you some discounts for their goods or labor. But those are bad ways to sell the converter - you will not get even half of the money you can earn.

Here are some better ways to sell your old cat:

• Middlemen. It may sound weird, but we recommend these guys if you know they are fair. Find them online (on social media and forums), see if they get good customer reviews, and ask how much they can pay for your cat. This is not the most lucrative way of selling the Audi A6 cat converter, but it's certainly convenient.
• eBay. If you have a lot of time and you want to get the best price, you may try eBay or any other website that allows you to advertise your catalytic converter for sale. Normally, you can get up to $280 for an average Audi A6 catalytic converter which is not bad at all.
• Recycling companies. Just find their websites and quote. For this, you will only need to take some pictures of your catalytic converters and get price offers from these companies. You will see they all offer some average prices that are better than middlemen can offer but a little worse than the eBay average.

Selling your Audi A6 catalytic converters to recycling companies is the best decision in terms of the money you get and the time you spend. You will need an hour to take pictures and quote and then you will need another hour to organize the shipping of the catalytic converter. This is the easiest way to get decent money for a scrap part you are not going to need anymore.

Final words

If you have an Audi A6 catalytic converter in your hands, take some time and see how you can sell it and get the best price offer. Sometimes, it's much easier for you to just sell it to a middleman and get the money right now. But we recommend recycling companies. They pay more and offer free shipping which makes your revenue much higher.