Posted: 4/9/2005 12:01:43 PM EDT
| It's happened the day after I filled up with gas, the last two times. Then it goes off a few days later. The gas cap is new (January). Any thoughts? |
Is it a new FACTORY gas cap or at least a high quality one ?? I ask this because I can't tell you how many gas caps I replace each week for people who just bought a new one. For whatever reason, some aftermarket gas caps (especially Stant locking caps) just don't seal well enough to not leak when the EVAP system pulls a vaccuum which will set a code. |
| If it is almost any Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge/Jeep/Eagle from about 1984 on, you should be able to retrieve basic two digit codes by following a simple key sequence and counting flashes or reading the digital odometer, with no extra equipment necessary. |
99 Ford Taurus |
Yeah, read the fricken code already!!! The Check Engine light is merely a flag that pops up telling you the computer has a trouble code for you to read. And when you read the trouble code, it will tell you exactly what's wrong. A whole lot smarter than sitting there trying to guess what made the light come on. Read the code. Fix the problem. Case closed. |
It's usually gone withing a day or two, and I rarely have time to get to the auto parts store. |
That was OBD1. The OBD1 system didn't have a sensor for the EVAP system so if he gets a check engine light for the gas cap by default he has OBD2 which will need a code scanner to pull. I WISH you could pull codes on OBD2 like the old OBD1 sysetms. |
