New Parts Update from EEC

Good afternoon,

European Exhaust and Catalyst is pleased to announce the addition of 84 applications to our range in the last month.

You can download this list in Excel format from our website for your own systems by clicking here.

Updates to our range of Diesel Particulate Filters
We have just updated the latest DPF part numbers and applications on our website - where you can click through and view 2D and 3D models using our unique tool. Click here to see more.

As the UK's largest manufacturer of Aftermarket catalytic converters, we offer a standard two-year guarantee on over 4,500 different catalytic converter applications, with next day delivery in the UK.

Additionally, we also provide a comprehensive range of diesel particulate filters, lambda sensors, exhausts, front pipes and brakes.

If you would like to find out more or search our catalogue, please visit our website at www.eurocats.co.uk.

To discuss pricing, please email Paul Westcott (pwestcott@eurocats.co.uk) or call +44 (0)23 9220 5300.

We will send out additional updates in the next fortnight via email, and post more information on our Twitter, Facebook and here on our Technical Blog.

If you would like the data in a particular format or file type, please let us know.

Kind Regards,

Duncan Richards
Sales Director.

How to understand Diesel Particulate Filters

EEC has been working hard to increase the industry knowledge of Diesel Particulate Filters, with a number of training days across the UK.

We have been working with our distributors to improve customer awareness of DPF's and how they work with the complete emissions system. One recent session was presented to a sales force of over 100 people, who are now confidently promoting this product group to their customers.

The training covers how the filter works, diagnosing faults, understanding guidelines on how to replace a unit and how to use the EEC DPF Reset Tool most effectively.

Paul Clark, Managing Director, comments: "Correctly diagnosing the fault and following manufacturers guidelines are paramount to ensuring longevity of the replacement unit, and to save on cost by replacing components unnecessary."

Firmly committed to helping our customers learn more about the emission system, EEC technical trainers are available to visit your customers, spend time with your sales and support staff, and visit shows and events to help you. 

With over 24 years experience of manufacturers training throughout Europe, we are the fully qualified experts.  All our training programmes are tailored to the customers skill set, with all delegates receiving a certificate and bespoke email and telephone technical support ongoing.

For more details on our training, our DPFs and the industry unique EEC DPF Reset Tool, please visit www.eurocats.co.uk. 

Happy 70th to our Chairman

The team at EEC will be celebrating this Friday as our founder celebrates an impressive milestone.

John Clark, Chairman of European Exhaust and Catalyst, celebrates his 70th birthday this 28th September 2012.

With over 40 years experience in the automotive exhaust business, Mr Clark identified a niche market for aftermarket catalytic converters and founded European Exhaust and Catalyst Ltd in October 1997.

He has continued his business ambitions ever since to build the UK's largest family-run manufacturer of automotive emission products.

As a well-regarded figure in the aftermarket industry, if you would like to wish John 'many happy returns', we are sure he would welcome your email at jclark@eurocats.co.uk.

Thanks for visiting EEC at Automechanika

The EEC team has returned from a successful visit to the Automechanika Trade Show in Frankfurt last week.

With numbers of visitors to the stand exceeding all expectations, it was a pleasure to meet so many people interested in our products and passionate about finding the best solutions in the aftermarket industry.

With an exceptional number of meetings booked in, we enjoyed taking time to meet our trade colleagues.

EEC Launches
Visitors were given the opportunity to take away our latest paper catalogue, which has been very well received so far and shows the depth and variety of products we are offering. Many people also took away our CD catalogue for downloading our data directly into their systems.

With a number of new first-to-market part numbers launched, including a number of new style universal catalysts, we were pleased to showcase these items on the EEC stand, and visitors took full advantage to get hands-on and explore the quality of our most popular products.

There was also a great deal of interest in our industry unique EEC DPF Reset Tool, which now gives aftermarket garages the ability to regenerate Diesel Particulate Filters and identify DPF fault codes without needing to visit a main dealer.

Thank you for visiting
We appreciate the time taken by all our visitors to spend time on the EEC stand, meeting with our team and learning more about how we can help your business.

If you didn't manage to visit the stand this year, but would like further information on our most recent additions, a copy of our new paper or CD catalogue, or would like to meet with our Business Development Team, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Visiting us at Automechanika Frankfurt 2012

EEC will be exhibiting our wide array of products at the Automechanika trade show between 11th and 16th September 2012, and invite you to join us.

Our stand can be located in Hall 5.0 Stand No B80.

Visiting our stand

We will be showcasing some of the latest additions to our range of over 4,500 catalytic converter applications, our recently expanded range of Diesel Particulate Filters, our industry-unique DPF Reset Tool and our extended range of Omega Brake Pads.

We will also be launching the latest additions to our universal catalytic converters, and showcasing our wide range of wash coating capabilities.

You will be able to find show-specific offers on our stand, with promotional prices on our EEC DPF Reset Tool, Flexes, and Pipe Connectors.

There will also be a large display of our popular exhausts, lambda sensors, front pipes and accessories and you will be able to meet our sales team, take away our latest catalogues and technical information, and find out more about the level of service we guarantee our customers.

As a leading European supplier of quality automotive products, we're also keen to understand how we can improve our offering and would be interested in hearing your feedback on our latest product launches.

Remember, when you buy your ticket for Automechanika, you will also receive free travel on public transport run by the RMV Public Transport authority. Click here for further details.

Meeting with our team

Please visit the stand at your convenience to discuss your needs with our fully experienced team, where we have private meeting facilities.

New Catalogue
We are proud to be launching our latest catalogue at Automechanika Frankfurt 2012, where you will be able to take away copies.

You can download our latest full product catalogue listing by clicking here for the Microsoft Excel file, where there are separate tabs to browse the individual product groups.

If you can't attend the show and would like to know more information, please contact our office on +44 (0) 23 9224 5300.

Regenerate Mazda DPF's

Aftermarket garages can now regenerate the Diesel Particulate Filters on more than 225 different vehicles, thanks to an update to the industry-unique, hand-held EEC DPF Reset Tool.

The new specialised diagnostics tool from EEC has been updated to include the Mazda 3, 5 and 6 vehicles, in addition to covering Volvo, Ford, Citroen, GM-Opel, Peugeot, Saab, Seat and the VAG group.

How it can help you
Technicians will be able to regenerate Diesel Particulate Filters, reset the EOLYS additive light, identify DPF fault codes and perform a static regeneration for even more vehicles - all without needing to visit a main dealer.

Simple to operate, the bespoke tool uses a push-button operation and is priced competitively to ensure its an affordable and useful investment for garages and smaller factors that helps to generate revenue from their existing customer base.

If you haven't already seen a demonstration of the EEC DPF Reset Tool, why not click here to see it on our YouTube channel?

Download updates
Existing EEC DPF Reset Tool customers can download and install updates from the EEC website by visiting www.eurocats.co.uk/dpftool and logging in with their email address and password.

You can download a full PDF list of the applications covered by the new EEC DPF Reset Tool by clicking here.

If you'd like to find out more about the UK's largest range of aftermarket catalytic converters, our increasing range of Diesel Particulate Filters and the latest additions to our range of brake pads, please click here.

Kind Regards,

Duncan Richards, Sales Director.

What is DPF regeneration?

Diesel Particulate Filters act as a soot trap.  In order to prevent the build up of soot deposits that will eventually block the filter and make changes to the running of the vehicle, they must be periodically cleaned out.

This is completed by active or passive regeneration.

Passive regeneration occurs on long continuous journeys where the exhaust temperature gets hot enough so that the soot deposits are consequently burnt off.

For vehicles that do not encounter this type of usage, active regeneration is required to burn off the soot deposits. Active regeneration occurs when the leve of soot deposits in the filter builds up to a maximum pre-determined leve.

At this point the vehicle's ECU makes adjustments to the fuel injection and engine timing in order to increase the exhaust gas temperature.

This increases the temperatures within the DPF unit to a level where the accumulated soot deposits can be burned off. Some vehicles use a fuel additive to aid the regeneration process.

This fluid is added to the fuel tank each time the vehicle is filled with diesel.

Additives are often used on vehicles that do not have the space to locate the DPF closer to the engine where the temperatures will be at their highest.

The additive helps to lower the temperature at which the soot particules trapped in the DPF ignite and burn off, allowing regeneration to take place at a much lower temperature than it would otherwise take place at.