The fuel pump in my 98 GT died awhile back and I paid about $700 to have it replaced. The high price reflects the fact that the pump is in the tank and the whole tank needs to come off to make the change. (Someone will have to explain to me why this is good engineering.)
In any case, shortly after the fix, the MIL goes on with P0455 "Gross Evap Leak" DTC set. I take it back, and, of course the geniuses at the garage just clear the DTC and tell me to go home. (I could have done that myself!)
Anyway, a couple of weeks later, the MIL's back on with the same DTC. (It took a couple of weeks because I seldom drive the car. I'm a grad student and do a lot of walking lately.)
There was no problem with the evap system before I had the pump replaced. It seems pretty obvious that they screwed something up when the dropped the tank. I'm having a hard time getting the garage to take this seriously or to accept ownership of this problem -- which they obvious caused.
It's not a driveability concern, but it *is* necessary for smog in CA, and so it's an real ownership concern.
Anybody have ideas how to get this fixed *cheaply*? I don't think the garage that did the fuel pump has a smoke machine. If they did, it would take a few minutes to find the leak and tighten/replace whatever went wrong.
And for god's sake, no, I did not forget to tighten the gas cap! I understand that is a frequent source of this DTC, but it's not relevant here. I have had the car for 9 years and have never had this issue before, now it appears chronic.
Any help or tips are appreciated!
thanks, dave j