Vito 2009 109CDI Sparking from exhaust

[JAubert91]

This morning on my way to work i noticed a drop in power and sparks coming out of the exhaust followed by white and black smoke.
to begin with there was only a couple of light sparks / embers coming from it but as i moved a few meters down the road there where hundreds of sparks coming from the back / underneath of the van and a strong smell of burning.

I limped the van to work and checked underneath and there was a small hole in the exhaust where i could see a bright orange glow. have kept an eye of in for the last hour and the glow has eventually died down.

Could someone please advise what i can check myself before sending it to the garage / if its worth sending to be fixed?

The Van is a 2009 with 147,000 miles on the clock

 

[m80]

I'm assuming this is the 646 engine.
Not common on this version of Vito but do you have a DPF?

Have you possibly over filled the engine oil?
Check the engine oil level. If it's low don't bother topping up.

Getting the codes read should point to the limp mode / loss of power.

 

[JAubert91]

I'm assuming this is the 646 engine.
Not common on this version of Vito but do you have a DPF?

Have you possibly over filled the engine oil?
Check the engine oil level. If it's low don't bother topping up.

Getting the codes read should point to the limp mode / loss of power.

Its was just over max oil line and has been drained to the correct level. This was over a week ago.

it had codes read at the same time and nothing was showing up.

Just double checked the engine code and its a W639. I have also mixed up my van and my old mans. this is a 115CDI Compact.

 

[m80]

To get such high exhaust temperatures there would need to be a lot of flow through it.

A DPF on regen would explain that.
Burning the engine oil, not good, would also.
A flippin' good hoofing, possibly up hill, might.

The sparks could be from a collapsed / collapsing cat' or DPF.
There would still need to be high temperatures.

An exhaust block from a collapsing filter could cause limp, but there should be a historic code.

 

[JAubert91]

Turns out this all happened due to a crack in the intake manifold and a crack in the exhaust manifold.