CEL After Failed COSTCO fill + OBD II Scan
In the past, the CEL came on maybe twice, and we fooled w/ gas cap and within a day, light went off. Looks like it wants to stay on tho not blinking. It came on after COSTCO pumps were under too m...
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burlmart wrote:If I were in your situation, I would let my fingers do the walking and call O'Reilly's, NAPA, Advance Auto, CarQuest, or Midas and see whether they would read your OBD port for you. Our O'Reilly's and Advance Auto will do so expecting you will buy the replacement part from them.
HF say they rarely have the simple reader, snd the next one up is complicated and NOT small print, so may have to look for simple code reader w/ big print at autozone or _suggestions?_
might be worthtrying the android gadget thru amazon, Martha would read it on her smartphone getting
Then you might have to go to something like this http://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/ to see if the code is specific enough.
Chances are you will get something like PO440 that is not specific enough "Evaporative Emission Control System Malfunction".
Most mechanics will just tell you the gas cap was loose, and they will clear the code. That code will not reappear unless you have a bad gas cap.
