OM642: I noted down the voltage to every sensor wire

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I have a OM642 Vito with Error code P0101
It is going into the garage on Monday as I have been unable to fix it.
Today I noted down the voltage of every wire of every sensor I could find.

Please can you check these values look correct or if any look like there might be a problem.

One of the EGR wires has already been replaced and that fixed the P0069 error, but it has since gone back into limp mode.
I had one exhaust leak fixed, but can still smell some fumes, so might be another leak which can cause P0101.
I replaced MAF, MAP, boost sensor. Turbo Actuator moves ok. PCV & sensor replaced. Resistor fix done to swirl motor.
It looks like all my sensor wires are ok, but can anyone spot if anything is wrong?

Also what is the electrical block in the last image below?
And what is sensor 7, 8 & 9 ?

Voltage with ignition in position 2, but engine NOT running.

1 EGR:
green white = 3.3
black = 12.15
green brown = 0

2 MAP:
pink purple = 5
yellow purple = 0.01
brown purple = 0.01

3 MAF:
red grey = 12.18
orange brown = 0.01
blue yellow = 4.99
yellow green = 4.99

4 PCV tube sensor (oil inside electrical connection !! ) :
black brown = 3.49
green black = 12.17

5 Boost sensor:
red white = 4.98
pink brown = 0.01
green white = 0.01

6 Turbo actuator:
black green = 12.18
brown = 0.01
green = 3.29

7 ? (right side of engine at front, top) :
1 white yellow = 0.01
2 white blue = 4.97

8 ? (right side of engine at front, bottom) (oil inside electrical connection !! ) :
green purple = 2.77
brown purple = 12.17

9 Next to boost sensor:
1 green blue = 0.01
2 green yellow = 0.01
3 green grey = 4.98
4 green brown = 0.01
6 green pink = 3.38




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Rather than measuring voltages you need to read the codes and look at live data while running.
Sometimes a sensor can get 'stuck' and not change value when it should or give a bad reading.
For example live values for MAF should be zero key in not started, boost pressure should be around 1000-1020mbar (depending on atmospheric pressure on the day).
Starting the engine should see both values change.

You can also get issues like that from split/leaking inlet hoses.
 
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Rather than measuring voltages you need to read the codes and look at live data while running.
Sometimes a sensor can get 'stuck' and not change value when it should or give a bad reading.
For example live values for MAF should be zero key in not started, boost pressure should be around 1000-1020mbar (depending on atmospheric pressure on the day).
Starting the engine should see both values change.

You can also get issues like that from split/leaking inlet hoses.
Thanks, yeah makes sense.
I did buy a bluetooth OBD reader and look at the values.
The EGR Commanded was always 4% (Commanded EGR duty) and EGR error was always -0.4%
I think the other sensors were reading ok, but I'll check them again.
 

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Have you checked for a boost leak on the pressure side ?
Often the code given which in this case refers to airflow monitored going in but it can be triggered by the pressure side having a leak
 
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Have you checked for a boost leak on the pressure side ?
Often the code given which in this case refers to airflow monitored going in but it can be triggered by the pressure side having a leak
no, will have to get the garage to do that


Driving with OBD LIVE DATA the following look SUSPECT : (everything else looks ok)
O2 Oxygen sensor 1 Wide Range Equivalence ratio === 0
O2 Oxygen sensor 1 Wide Range Voltage === 0V
Commanded EGR Duty === 4% (same as when engine off)
EGR error === -0.4% (same as when engine off)

So maybe the O2 sensor has a fault?
and the P01010 means it disables the EGR
 
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the garage said they reset the ecu/codes and it's running fine now with full power
I reset them myself with a cheap scanner, would the £150 scanners do a deeper reset like the garage can do?
 

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Quite possibly.
The cheap generic scanners can only read a subset of codes. Most manufacturers use their own specific codes for some features.
Also a generic scanners will only read the engine ECU and not the rest (airbag, esp, transmission, etc)
 


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