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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 09:25 AM
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Anyone know why my car is telling me to tighten gas cap? Just started doing this. The gas cap is tight.....
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 12:03 PM
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Its the evap purge canister going up. Its sensing a evap system leak. Jack the car up take the wheel next to the gas cap off. Remove fender liner you will see a black plastic canister with 2 plastic lines going one way and one going another and a harness. The lines are quick disconnects and I believe one bolt holds it in. The part cost 40 bucks from the dealer. Take 30 minutes tops. Evap canister..not purge solenoid
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 11:57 PM
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Mine started throwing the evap code, I thought it was the gas cap, replaced it with one from Oreily and the code did not go away, took it to dealer, they replaced the gas cap with a AC Delco and code went away. just my .02. Also, to get it tight its at least 4 clicks, I used to only do one.
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Old Aug 14, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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