Check engine light

***Power Hungry*** · #1 Tue, January 27th, 2009, 12:03 AM

I'll check Oasis tomorrow and see what we can come up with. There may be a TSB or something that'll provide some insight. If not, at least I can check the diagnostic procedure for a fix.

Stay tuned...

dmjackson76 · #2 Thu, February 5th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Hey Bill did you have any luck on the code?

***Jackpine*** · #3 Thu, February 5th, 2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dmjackson76

Hey Bill did you have any luck on the code?

I'm not Bill, of course, and I'm certainly no expert, but Janet's former Toyota had a check engine light on once upon a time. Turned out it WAS the gas cap. It's become a somewhat complicated device now - it has to vent properly to prevent starving your engine of fuel, and, it has to release pressure into the charcoal canister to prevent pressurizing the system when things warm up.

I haven't looked at the price of gas caps, but you might give that solution a try, especially since the parts store gave you that diagnosis.

- Jack

***Power Hungry*** · #4 Fri, February 6th, 2009, 12:26 AM

Not yet. I'm waiting to get in touch of my buddy at Ford to see if we can't pull an Oasis on that DTC. I've been having a little trouble getting in touch and I think he might be out this week.

What little I could find seems to indicate that the failure lies with the pressure switch itself, and not the fuel system/gas cap, although I wouldn't rule out gas cap just yet.

I'll try him again on Monday and see if I get anywhere.