Scrapping a car?

rowan222

Has anyone had any experience of scrapping a car.

Our situation: 2016 Peugeot 206 with 125,000 miles on it. It failed it's MOT pretty badly. Mostly on emissions which will require a major engine rebuild to deal with. Also got a few scrapes on body and bumper. But hey it has a brand new windscreen, rear tyres, exhaust and new bearings about  six months ago.

We have come to the decision that its simply not worth putting any more money into it. About 18 months ago a dealer only offered us £600 in part exchange. Now  with the MOT fail we get nowhere near that. So only options are to sell privately for a couple of hundred pounds (if anyone would even take it) or use one of these scrap agents online who claim to remove it for free. 

Any thoughts or experiences?

Mildly_Miffed

Phone your local scrapyards direct. They'll collect and pay.

As for the emissions needing a "major engine rebuild"... Sceptical.
Petrol or diesel?
How bad was the result? (Actual numbers, assuming the tester gave you the printout)

Murielson

contact scrappies and they will take it off your hands, probably pay and remove for free if you can't deliver

Just make sure correct paperwork done to transfer/scrap etc so you are no longer responsible for it

rowan222

Mildly_Miffed said:

Phone your local scrapyards direct. They'll collect and pay.

As for the emissions needing a "major engine rebuild"... Sceptical.
Petrol or diesel?
How bad was the result? (Actual numbers, assuming the tester gave you the printout)

Petrol. The result was really bad.  

CO2 1.63%

HC   pass just

Lamda 0.954

He tried to get it down.Evidence of oil inside which syncs with how often we have to top up now, we knew about that. Was similar last year but managed to squeak through on second test with Redex and premium petrol.  This engine is shot and time to get rid. Apparently Peugeot's are not known for high mileage. 

fatbelly

Try

https://www.copart.co.uk/sellForIndividuals

For a quote

jeffuk

Just sold my Vauxhall Meriva, 2011 plate power steering failure, phoned for quote at 8am, collected at 10.30am and £209 paid that day into my bank acc. Car only cost me £1000 in 2019 so had my monies worth. Reclamet, east Kent.

Mildly_Miffed

rowan222 said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

Phone your local scrapyards direct. They'll collect and pay.

As for the emissions needing a "major engine rebuild"... Sceptical.
Petrol or diesel?
How bad was the result? (Actual numbers, assuming the tester gave you the printout)

Petrol. The result was really bad.  

CO2 1.63%

HC   pass just

Lamda 0.954

He tried to get it down.Evidence of oil inside which syncs with how often we have to top up now, we knew about that. Was similar last year but managed to squeak through on second test with Redex and premium petrol.  This engine is shot and time to get rid. Apparently Peugeot's are not known for high mileage. 

CO, not CO2.

0.2% is the max for a pass, Lambda between 0.97 and 1.03.

So your cat's not working, and it's running a tad rich, but not much, else the HC would be a fail, too.

It may well be that a new oxygen sensor would bring it back in. Cheap and quick. What's the air filter like?
If it was burning terminal amounts of oil, then you'd know about it - the tailpipe would be very wet, the back of the car would probably be covered, and the exhaust'd be visibly smoking. The HC would almost certainly be a fail, too.

You don't say which petrol engine, but the TU engine that's almost certainly in your car is a tough little thing with routine maintenance. We had a 205 that was on about 180k when we sold it, and still running just fine.

"Redex and premium petrol" will make no difference whatsoever apart from deplete your wallet a bit harder.

Nobbie1967

Bung it on EBay and let someone else see if it can be fixed. Be honest about condition and reason for sale and see what it reaches. The only risk is that the winning buyer doesn’t turn up. Should get more than scrap value.

facade

Probably as Mildly_Miffed suggests a new catalyst and  a cheap generic replacement oxygen sensor (the one on the manifold) will get it through the MOT. All the oil burns in the catayst and gradually clogs it up, it can also coat the oxygen sensor and cause it to read in error and make the mixture rich.

Then you will need a catalyst every other year to pass the MOT.

However, if you are lucky and get it supplied & fitted by one of the major chains, they won't replace the (always rusted out) support bracket at the gearbox, which should crack the pipe to the catalyst and get you a new one under guarantee at the right time

If that is all it needs then it will be a lot cheaper than replacing the car

GixerKate

I've used Redcorn in the past to scrap a vehicle.  They collect and pay on the day.

Goudy

CO reading suggests it's running rich (unburnt fuel).

Before scrapping it I would try swapping the O2 sensors over.
There are two O2 sensors on an engine bank, one before the Cat and one after.

The sensor after the Cat monitors the operation of the Cat.
The one before the Cat (in front of you as you open the bonnet if it's a TU engine) trims the engines fuelling.

Just swap them over and see if the CO improves.