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From: GO Mavs on 22 Jun 2007 20:43 "Wickeddoll�" <wickeddollNoEffingSpam1958(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f5hbb7.3to.1(a)news.evilcabal.org... > > "GO Mavs" ... >> good to know.. guess i wont be topping off anymore... >> >> >> "Ray O" ... >>> >>> "GO Mavs" ... >>>>i usually top off.. add another dollar of gas to the car after the >>>>automatic click.. >>> >>> That is a bad habit to get in to. Besides the risk of spills, there is >>> a chance, albeit small, that you can contaminate the charcoal canister >>> from constant overfilling. When the pump clicks off, I just round up to >>> the nearest nickel or dime. >>> -- >>> >>> Ray O > > I never topped off, anyway. Seemed kind of obsessive-compulsive to me. > > Natalie i am ocd ;-P
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 22 Jun 2007 20:47 On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:25:21 +0000, sharx35 wrote: > Bladder? what the Hell is the point of a bladder inside a car gas tank? > Sounds like some bogus environmental feature mandated by the Communist > Republics of California or Massatwoshits. Or both? How the hell did we get equated with California, anyway? Because of the Boston/Eastern part of the state. At one time there was enough smog there to rival LA...
From: Wickeddoll� on 22 Jun 2007 20:49 "GO Mavs" ... > > "Wickeddoll�" >> "GO Mavs" ... >>> good to know.. guess i wont be topping off anymore... >>> >>> >>> "Ray O" ... >>>> >>>> "GO Mavs" ... >>>>>i usually top off.. add another dollar of gas to the car after the >>>>>automatic click.. >>>> >>>> That is a bad habit to get in to. Besides the risk of spills, there >>>> is a chance, albeit small, that you can contaminate the charcoal >>>> canister from constant overfilling. When the pump clicks off, I just >>>> round up to the nearest nickel or dime. >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Ray O >> >> I never topped off, anyway. Seemed kind of obsessive-compulsive to me. >> >> Natalie > > > i am ocd ;-P > But you're definitely not the only person who does that... Natalie
From: nm5k on 22 Jun 2007 21:12 On Jun 22, 4:49 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote: > "GO Mavs" <GoM...(a)MavvZ.com> wrote in message > > news:ogYei.1227$yN.942(a)trnddc07... > > >i usually top off.. add another dollar of gas to the car after the > >automatic click.. > > That is a bad habit to get in to. Besides the risk of spills, there is a > chance, albeit small, that you can contaminate the charcoal canister from > constant overfilling. When the pump clicks off, I just round up to the > nearest nickel or dime. > -- > > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) Yep. That happened to me 3 days after I got mine.. Not on purpose though.. I was getting gas and the cutoff didn't work right, and it spewed gas all out the nozzle, side of the car, etc.. Sure nuff, about a day or two later, and the OBD2 light is going off.. Checked, and was evap emission problems.. - P0441 (Evaporative Emission Control System Incorrect Purge Flow) - P043E (Evaporative Emission System Reference Orifice Clog Up) - P043F (Evaporative Emission System Reference Orifice High Flow) - P2401 (Evaporative Emission System Leak Detection Pump Control Circuit Low) - P2402 (Evaporative Emission System Leak Detection Pump Control Circuit High) - P2419 (Evaporative Emission System Switching Valve Control Circuit Low) Those were the exact codes on my particular car.. I ended up not doing anything about it at that time, as it didn't seem to effect runability or mpg. I assumed I flooded the canister, which I'm pretty sure it did now. It finally dried up, and I haven't had it go off in about 7-8 weeks, and maybe 1500? miles later. When it was first starting to dry out, the light would go off for a while, then get irritable probably due to low flow, and come back on for a while. Then finally it went out, and has been out since. So if anyone floods their canister, I'd wait a while to see if it will dry up before doing anything about it.. Mine fixed itself, but it took a couple of months.. Also, the warmer temps of spring seemed to help speed things up. When I fill, I click off and very little more. I'm also very careful not to get gas in either of the ports inside the gas tank compartment. You can see them if you look in there. MK
From: nm5k on 22 Jun 2007 21:17
On Jun 22, 5:21 pm, "sharx35" <shar...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "GO Mavs" <GoM...(a)MavvZ.com> wrote in message > > news:ogYei.1227$yN.942(a)trnddc07... > > >i usually top off.. add another dollar of gas to the car after the > >automatic click.. > > That's what caused Engine Check light to come on in my 99 Camry--trying to > get every last drop in caused P type error codes to activate the Engine > Check Light. Once I stopped putting fuel in after the automatic gas pump cut > off, I stopped getting those bogus engine check lights. > They are not really bogus.. You probably had low flow, or something along those lines. When you load the canister with gas, naturally it's partly clogged, but you can also clog vapor orifices, vapor valves from canister crud, etc.. If the light was on, it was not bogus. You had an evap emissions problem to some degree. But like mine, yours fixed itself due to drying out..:) MK |