len myers Posted on Aug 23, 2016

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Charcoal canister trac off and check engine. overfilled tank. told charcoal canister is expensive to replace. Any suggestions??

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What were the codes? Charcoal canister, even filled with gas, won't turn the trac light on. You might want to find a different garage.

len myers Aug 30, 2016

re: Issues with Charcoal canister, trac off and check engine light

Went back and re-pulled codes. p043e, p043f, p2401, p2402 and p2419. I want to thank you, Randy, for responding last week. Please help if ya can. EXPENSIVE, per dealership they're the ones that diagnosed it as the charcoal canister failure by overfilling the tank. Thanks in advance,you da man!!!
Randy Ohler Aug 31, 2016

Seems the issue is the charcoal canister isn't big enough. If gas(liquid) gets in the canister it is because a check valve has failed in the tank. This would need determined first. If there is gas in it, I would look for a used tank and charcoal canister.

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