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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Default Re: Check engine light came on!

Originally Posted by JoshnoSRT6
About a week ago my check engine light came on and i took my car to the Advance auto shop. They told me it was a loose gas cap, so not a big deal happens to all the cars, eventually. However, the light is still on, how long do i have to drive it for so it can come off?

Thanks again!
When I go to Advance for them to read the CEL code, (which I don't do anymore, since I have an ULTRAGAUGE) they give me a print out that tells me the code. Did you get that?

What code is the car throwing? P0455 would indicate a loose or missing cap. Most of the other P0454_ and P045_ codes would likely mean trouble in the evaporative control system. I'd rather know the code and research it myself.

I had a P0453 one time (Advance read it for me) and told me it was a loose cap. This was simply wrong, I got home and researched it and found that 0453 indicated an "impossibly high pressure" - essentially, an impossible condition and NO WAY would a loose cap throw that code.

I found the trouble, I had been careless and was always washing the care with the top down (two mitt method, not going to a damn car wash) and had let water trickle down on the connector on the tank and corroded the ground to the sensor. Cleaned it up myself - no more problems.

The Advance guy didn't know what he was talking about. Order an ULTRAGAUGE for $80 and read it yourself!

Read about it here: https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...e-scanner.html

THen come back and tell us what it is and we'll help you.
 

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