Catalytic converters are installed on most vehicles and other internal combustion engines in order to process unburned hydrocarbons from exhaust gasses with a catalyst. Ever wonder what’s happening inside your catalytic converter?
source.image: Warped
Watch where youtuber Warped makes a See Through Catalytic Converter to see what’s happening inside the catalytic converter when it’s functioning.
A catalytic converter isn’t something we’d normally get to see the inside of, and this video was worth watching just to see one in operation in real life.
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You can clearly see that when it’s not within its normal operating temperature it’s not doing too much, I’m guessing this is why most cars put out the majority of their pollution during the first 5 minutes of startup.