Tom's TDCi Titanium X...

[Toms306]

So, had some car time today (yay) and spent most of it tidying the garage after the mess from the DPF change. Anyway had a look at the old DPF and its considerably different. Not sure if I should just accept that something a quarter of the price of OEM will be noticeably 'worse' or if I should complain about it?

Heres the top pipe, its bent to account for the fan cowling, unlike the replacement -



The captive nuts are much better secured, the replacements were just 4 tiny blobs of weld -



And this bracket is a completely different angle and has a second hole for locating the bolt-on bracket



Is that sort of stuff just to be expected from an aftermarket part?


Also what to do with the old DPF, are they worth anything in scrap? Or as 'blocked' to be reconditioned or anything? Was gonna keep it as spare or gut it but if its worth a bit I could do with the money now for the tyres instead.