MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR AROUND THREE YEARS (TAPED A ST. ANTHONY MEDAL OVER IT) AND TRUCK HAS BEEN RUNNING PERFECT. THREE YEARS AGO I DID HAVE TEST RUN AND MECHANIC SAID SOMETHING WITH THE GAS CAP, HOWEVER, HE COULD NOT GET THE LIGHT TO GO OFF. FAST FORWARD, FLUNKED TEST BECAUSE OF CODES "PO440, EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM" AND "PO449, EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM VENT VALVE/SOLENOID CIRCUIT". BOUGHT GAS CAP, REPLACED VALVE CIRCUIT, THE LIGHT REFUSED TO GO OFF. THREE DIFFERENT PLACES TRIED TO USE THE LITTLE PLUG IN THINGS BUT THEY WOULD NOT TURN ON TO RESET COMPUTER. I WENT BACK TO EMISSIONS PLACE AND THEY REDID TEST SAME CODES, THEY SAID TO GO TO DEALER AND HAVE THEM RESET CODES, DEALER SAID THAT THE TRUCK DOES IT WITHIN 100 MILES AND TRUCK LIGHT WILL GO OFF. DROVE OVER 100MILES AND LIGHT STILL ON, I HAVE TO TAKE BACK TO MECHANIC WHO RAN OUT OF TIME AFTER TWO HOURS OF CHECKING FUSES AND STUFF. ANY HELP PLEASE, SINCE MECHANIC CHARGES BY THE HOUR..
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17 years ago