| 1999 Ford Ranger. Can only fill the gas tank very, very slowly. Appears not to be venting. Where should I look to solve this. |
| You either have something in the filler neck restricting the flow of gas, or a bad EVAP vent solenoid. Look down the filler with a flashlight, if it looks clear, then replace the solenoid. |
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| I have a 97 Nissan Sentra gxe the evap vent valve is located near the gas tank behind the rear driver side reel right? I took it off and cleaned it and found the solenoid wouldn't activate when i plugged the wire harness back into it. Checked it with volt meter and was getting 11.5 volts. So i hooked it strait to battery which gave it 12.5 volts and the solenoid worked. i even blew into one of the hose openings to be sure no air was slipping thru when i did this. So i reinstalled it but cut the ground wire from the harness and rapped it around a screw now the vent valve is getting 12.5v. and activates soon as u turn the key. Seems to be ok but its getting really hot and i still cant clear the code and check engine light. And i got an emissions test coming up at the end of the month. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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| What you just did by wrapping that wire around a screw was complete the ground circuit that the computer is suppose to control. So, the valve is on all the time. That is why it is getting hot. The engine light will still be on because the system is not venting when it is suppose to. Re-install the wires properly, test for 12 volts in, which you do have. Then test the other wire for the computer grounding it when it is suppose to. This would need to be done with a scanner to turn on the and off the valve. If no ground, check the wire back to the computer for continuity. If it OK, then maybe a bad control module. |
| I have an 03 Nissan Sentra ser spec v. I threw the evap code and at first it didn't have any effect on the cars performance. But now it takes me like 5 minutes of cranking the engine for it to start. I assume it was minor at first and has progressed to be a major vacuum leak now. Does this sound like it would be just a vacuum hose or maybe something more? |
| An evaporative emissions system code will not make a vehicle hard to start. You may have a vacuum leak or a fuel pump going bad and it takes a few ignition cycles to get the pressure to build up high enough. |
| Is vacuum the only means by which the PCM will check the integrity of the EVAP system? Don't certain OEMs use pressure for the PCM to accomplish the same results? |
| The PCM cannot create pressure in the system to run a test. It does look for pressure sometimes to determine if there is a problem in the EVAP system that normally only has inches of vacuum. |
| 2010 Mercury Milan with mileage of 47,000. Took to the dealer with check engine light. No other symptoms at all, the car runs and drives normally. It returned codes of p2198 and p144a. Dealer says the canister purge valve and canister assembly are defective and need replaced to the tune of almost $700. I don't have that kind of money right now. First question, what are the risks of letting this go for a while until I get the money? Second question, is this legit, does it really need to be replaced at all? I don't have to worry about emissions testing in my area. |
| If you do not have emission testing, then you can without these repairs. |
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