Hole Blown in Intercooler Pipe Now DPF code and engine Light On

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2012 W212 220cdi Sport, 130k with full history, A few weeks back the Mrs was driving and noticed the engine light on, when I checked I could hear the air escaping on boost, put it on the lift and seen a 2 inch hole on the Intercooler pipe, so I ordered a new pipe and fitted it, checked for any other issues while I was down there and cleared the code.
The car started fine no Air sounds and cleared the code and the light was off (All seemed Good), took her for a spin, only half boost, no kick-down and won't pass 3000 revs and the light came back on again. No smoke, No rattles, sounds the same as before the light.
Plugged it back in again and showed DPF fault, spoke to the MERC dealership and their mechanic and explained all, he suggested the DPF sensor, which I replaced today, cleared fault codes again took her for a spin again, same thing low boost, light stayed of for about 6 mile but then came back on again with the same DPF fault.
Getting to the end of the little expertise I have, Any ideas folks or point me to a similar but resolved thread.

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Your dpf is clogged up.
 
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It now needs a software flash on the engine ECU and a force rejen using a star machine, we do two/three of these a day now days across all models!!
Thanks for the great feedback, I went for a real long run spin on Saturday in the hope the Re-Gen would start, 100 miles in all, no change. I take it that its a STAR only ECU flash that will resolve this, I mean will no other diagnostic setup can do it?
 

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Yet another "it's probably just a faulty sensor" knee jerk from the main stealer, ******s.
 
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Yet another "it's probably just a faulty sensor" knee jerk from the main stealer, ******s.
The unfortunately funny thing is back a while ago I had much the same issue only proper Limp mode 1000 rpm only, Merc guys know I'm a grease monkey told me "it's probably just a faulty sensor" so bright boy me, not believing the Merc guys as you do, started and took the EGR valve out and it was spotless (And a real pain to get at).
After much head scratching and tea with diesel flavor rich tea's I went for the sensor (the one below the intake, screwed to the block I think) and that sorted it until now. Its all fun and games, the joys of the 3 pointed star.
 
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Live update, I'm sitting in the Merc dealership, we had agreed to do a diagnostic and see what STAR showed up before going any further.
Seems it's the dpf is almost completely blocked, they mentioned over 300(not sure what measurement that is) but he says he's never seen one that bad . Now they are taking her on the road with a lap top to force regenerate, they mentioned it needs to to be around 150 before the sensor will activate the normal Regen process we'll see how it goes from that...
 
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Well all's well that ends well, Merc back to normal, plus a software update that was pending, wash and hover out for the bargain price of €200.. plus s free Mercedes Me adapter. happy enough even though the dpf sensor was not necessary, nearly 50km done by the "Technician" to get the dpf cleared out, no warning lights on now and power is restored, I did appreciate the Merc service guys input and the fact that they didn't fit anything or do anything with consulting me first.
 

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Hi Paul, only seeing this now but too late. I did get a forced regen from Delphi or wurth software on my Vito OM651 engine which I think is the same engine as yours for any future reoccurrences. my DPF was at 250 and the regen was straight forward from the laptop. but seems like you got a very fair deal there
 
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Hi All
2012 W212 220cdi Sport, 130k with full history, A few weeks back the Mrs was driving and noticed the engine light on, when I checked I could hear the air escaping on boost, put it on the lift and seen a 2 inch hole on the Intercooler pipe, so I ordered a new pipe and fitted it, checked for any other issues while I was down there and cleared the code.
The car started fine no Air sounds and cleared the code and the light was off (All seemed Good), took her for a spin, only half boost, no kick-down and won't pass 3000 revs and the light came back on again. No smoke, No rattles, sounds the same as before the light.
Plugged it back in again and showed DPF fault, spoke to the MERC dealership and their mechanic and explained all, he suggested the DPF sensor, which I replaced today, cleared fault codes again took her for a spin again, same thing low boost, light stayed of for about 6 mile but then came back on again with the same DPF fault.
Getting to the end of the little expertise I have, Any ideas folks or point me to a similar but resolved thread.

Cheers
Paul
Hello Paul having a similar problem was the pipe easy to replace and was it the one on the passenger side?
 
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Yep it was easy to replace once you get all the guards off and yes it was on the passenger side.
 

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Yep it was easy to replace once you get all the guards off and yes it was on the passenger side.
when you say the guards you mean on the front left wheel?
 

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Yep it was easy to replace once you get all the guards off and yes it was on the passenger side.
Also did they confirm that this is what cause the DPF to fill up? WhatsApp Image 2021-04-15 at 09.40.27(1).jpeg
 
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Pipe Number 30
 
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They did mention it as a possibility, but I think it's not related as I'm still having issues with the car going into low boost mode and showing "unknown error" once cleared the car runs fine for a few months or a few days
 

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