The precious metals inside - rhodium, platinum, palladium are valuable and sold for scrap for upwards of $150/ea.
It takes less than 3 minutes to remove.
Unreal, and what is that for anyway, to reduce carbon emissions? I drive a truck for a living and starting a few years ago the states mandated all trucks must have a DEF system installed, DEF stands for “Diesel Exhaust Fluid”, more BS to reduce emissions, probably another scam Al Gore is involved in and it causes so many problems. I have to constantly fill up this tank with DEF fluid which actually contains urea, real nice stuff to get on your hands, but the best part is if I’m running low on the stuff it’s virtually impossible to buy unless I’m at an auto parts store or a truck stop. If I’m on a highway in the middle of nowhere I’m screwed. If I can’t find any and I run out, the engine automatically slows down and prevents me from going faster than 5 miles per hour. Oh yes, and the system breaks down all the time so that’s another thing, if anything goes wrong the truck again shuts down to 5 mph. This why they push climate change so much, they are making billions off these scams.