Hey Mike! Are you talking to yourself again?
Of course, without the codes there is no telling, but here are a couple of things to check At the firewall on the passenger side of the engine, look for a black 1/2" diameter vacuum hose with a red stripe running down it. It should have a gadget inline, smallish, maybe 2-1/2-3" long that't white. This setup SHOULD be attached at the firewall and the wheel well but may have broken loose. If it has, get some zip ties and anchor it back down again. If you need a pic, holler. Dave Sibbet posted the following sometime back:
------------------------------- For a while now I like others in this group have been battling a case of CEL. I had the code pulled and it was p1443 which is for the evaporative control purge valve failure. I replaced the gas cap with no sucess. So I went out and bought a Haynes manual which showed me what this purge control valve looked like. Armed with this info I located the valve and traced any and all hose-vacume lines that may have been associated with the system. I reseated-connected them all with no sucess. 4/30 time ran out and I had to have the GTS inspected (PA state yearly). and naturally it failed because of the code.In Pa the car has to run atleast 1 obt2 drive cycle with out throwing a code to pass.My mechanic checked the system out and found this. The purge control valve had been broken off its mount and was hanging by the intake and output rubber hose's there by kinking the input hose at the point where it exits the passenger side wheel well. he remounted it with a cable tie and ran the car thru 4 drive cycle's on the dyno with out a hitch. As soon as he let it hang again the light came on again. Problem solved . For those of you with the P1443 problem check the black rubber hose with a red stripe for kinks you might get as lucky as I did.
Dave
96 GTS with a few extras
------------------------------------ Also,, after you check that, then check your gas cap. If it has a vacuum leak it will cause the CEL to come on.
I anchored my valve down and have not had a CEL yet. BUT I have not really... I mean REALLY.. driven her much lately so I won't know till I take her for a run.
Hope this helps a bit.
Kate
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