p2279 & p2463 and a Hissing

[Marcoss101]

I live in Thurrock, Essex.
Do you know of any?

 

[Marcoss101]

I live in the Thurrock area of Essex.
I think a MB specialist is the way to go also, is there a database of Star owners?
Mark.

 

[Marcoss101]

I live in the Thurrock area of Essex.
Going back to this afternoon after my run to cambridge i rememebered a indy not far away so i had a run out to see if he was still open, he wasnt so i retuned home all in all out for 10 mins. The light remained on throughout, Then the wife called can i pick her up from the station which again is a 10 min run (not helping with these runs but needs must at the mo), i started the car no light, station and back still no light, it seemed more responsive in the lower revs and drove really well. I will take it when i can find a good star man but still searching, the chap i went to see earlier looked after a M series i had but i feel sure his main channel was MB, he used to charge a lot but his work was very good.

I am wondering if the run did it some good.

Sorry for any repeated messages but i cant seem to post correctly or there is a glitch.

Mark.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Mark, one of our forum members has just started up in Dartford, guess about 9 miles from you?
https://www.amfmercedes.com/#
Alex Foti....
Or there’s various others on here
http://www.mercedesspecialistfinder.co.uk/

 

[Marcoss101]

Ive sent Alex an email John so thanks for that.
Mark.

 

[Marcoss101]

There are too many DPF repair shops offering to delete aswell, thats got me annoyed a little, i guess its an easy fix for some but not a responsable action and should be stopped.
Frustrating that the wrong way is sometimnes the most economical way! rant over lol.
Mark.

 

[Marcoss101]

Ok last one for today, sorry im obsessive.

Alex has come back via email said he will try a regen no problem but it may be too far gone.
He aslo mentioned i might have the old pressure sensor which fails. Thanks steve lets hope.
I am just glad i have someone who can look at it under star, not easy for you guys remotely to diagniose and i have little knowledge and we know what that does.
Thamks again guys,
Mark.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Ok last one for today, sorry im obsessive.

Alex has come back via email said he will try a regen no problem but it may be too far gone.
He aslo mentioned i might have the old pressure sensor which fails. Thanks steve lets hope.
I am just glad i have someone who can look at it under star, not easy for you guys remotely to diagniose and i have little knowledge and we know what that does.
Thamks again guys,
Mark.

Good luck Mark, I’m sure it will be fine in the end!

 

[Steve@Avantgarde]

You will need someone who has Xentry online to check the software.

 

[Bálint Szarka]

Hi! We have the same problem with our car. What is the solution?

 

[LostKiwi]

Hi! We have the same problem with our car. What is the solution?

Get it diagnosed. Without that anything is a guess.

 

[Bálint Szarka]

I don't want to spend a fortune on it. I'm only interested if it has a typical quickly solveable problem like some pipe got really old or something. I read a lot of threads about such problem but I don't know where it may be.

 

[LostKiwi]

I don't want to spend a fortune on it. I'm only interested if it has a typical quickly solveable problem like some pipe got really old or something. I read a lot of threads about such problem but I don't know where it may be.

Like I said, it needs diagnostic codes read otherwise you can change dozens of parts and not fix it.

You could try the free checks listed in this thread already first.

 

[Bálint Szarka]

my Mercedes: C220/2009/OM651 (125kw disel)
P2279 is the diagnostic code which I read from the car.
They talked about this code in the thread too but they stopped talking about it, that's why I am need in help to find a solution to the P2279 problem.

 

[ajlsl600]

just out of interest, if one is star equipped is it worth trying to do a forced regen on say my annual maintenance as a measure to compensate for short trips and keep dpf clean as opposed to waiting for the car to make up,or not its own mind.?? i understand no software upgrade with off line system.

 

[Kev555]

I do a regen at least once over winter on my Vito. My van only gets short runs over winter and rarely sees a big road. It also gets only part time use in winter. My DPF is showing 99% full of ash so I want to get any extra life out of it before I have to sort it. Dont have star, I use different software. I haven't heard of any issues doing an odd forced regen but I could be wrong