Turns out the rattling was coming from the heatshield of the DPF so I spent a day replacing a part which wasn’t even the source of the issue. Well, atleast I’ve got a new exhaust now and did some underbody rust prevention while I was at it.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.ukOP
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    12 days ago

    I didn’t actually mean to remove that piece. The bolts and nuts had rusted away, and it fell off while I was hammering the old exhaust loose. I had to cut the remaining bolt shafts from the DPF flange and drill new holes for through-bolts.