If I may step in (as I talked to Bob tonight and he's on Digest mode, so
may not see this till tomorrow evening)...
Chuck Robbins wrote:
> I just checked the FSM and they only have a small section on the
> evaporative system which has to do with fuel vapor recovery. The most
> common cause for a code is the gas cap as the purge system depends on
> pressure built up by a tight gas cap. I might have missed it, but how did
> you check the gas cap? Did you reset the computer to try and get rid of
> the MIL?
Bob has checked the gas cap, it's tight, and reset the computer. Code came
back.
> There's a couple places that you can do visual inspections on.
>
> 1- The evaporation cannister is located under the truck, inside the left
> fuel rail in front of the fuel tank. You can check for obvious leaks here.
Bob said it looked like he had a loose hose on the evap can. "kinda the
shape of a sparkplug wire "L"". I assume he reattached it and reset the
computer.
> --
> Chuck Robbins
> '99 Dakota Sport
> www.intense99dak.com
>
>
>
>> Hey, DML!
>> Got the MIL again...code P 04 55...(damn you Andy!)...I KNOW that I ca
> rule
>> out the gas cap...where do I look next? God, I HATE crawling under
> vehicles
>> in the winter, but I guess I gotta do it...(*sigh*)...
>> TIA
>>
>> Bob Smith (Daksy2K on AIM)
>> DML/DML
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>> (1 of 980 2K DAKSYs mfrd)
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>>
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>>
>> (ps, we're still working on it...
>> Susan on the page; me on the DAKSY! )
>>
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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