I think I've figured it out. You give advice based on thread titles, right?
Try reading the posts - top to bottom, left to right. A group of words
together is a sentance. Take tylenol for any headaches, midol for any
cramps.
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L All facts have been omitted from this post. www.omg-stfu.com""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <fasstdak@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:001301c49010$214f2d10$040aa8c0@bernd... > > Bad gas cap or you have a cracked evap hose. > > - Bernd > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:33 PM > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net > Subject: DML: Check Engine Light & Code P0442 > > > > Friday 8/27/04, I was down in Chicago with the Ram, on my way back home > to Point. I saw my check engine light was on and instantly I was in a > bad mood. I made it over to an AutoOne and they pulled a code P0442 - > "Evaporative Emission Control System, Small Leak Detected" > > I had them clear it, and was thankful it was not an O2 sensor or > something worse. I tightened the gas cap - thinking that it might have > been that - the gas cap wasnt real tight so I shrugged it off to that. > Got home with no problems. Back at work Saturday, couple guys wanted to > hear the Ram's exhaust. One owns an 1989 Dakota 4x4. I went out and > started her up - and reved the engine - it sputtered and stumbled for a > moment. I shut it off and could smell fuel real strong outside the > truck. Sucker must have been running real rich. I think it was just > too much throttle for an engine that was still cold. > > Drove home from work afterwards, check engine light came back on. > > /me pissed > > Went back to work - popped the hood and climbed up on top of the engine > and stares directly into my valve cover via the hole in it, right where > I DID NOT have an oil filler cap screwed in. Duh. I changed my oil on > 8/2/04. It appears I never put the cap back on. I bought a new one and > figured that must have some how buggered up the computer into a fit and > threw a check engine code. (same one P0442) I cleared the code and went > home. > > Yesterday the damned thing came back on again. P0442 - something is > fubar. Any suggestions? I know the obvious... I'm going to go over all > the emissions and vaccum lines and check them out. Bad gas cap? Bad PCV > valve? The PCV valve isnt that old... I changed it back at 30K-some > miles when I did cap, rotor, plugs, wires. Hose to the crank case > breather is attatched at the valve cover and at the air box. Hose is on > the power brake booster. PCV valve is in the drivers side valve cover. > What else am I missing? Its seriously pissing me off. I feel like > this truck is starting to fall alart on me. The fog lights stopped > working again, the window on the drivers side rattles again, I still > need to do the front end steering and chassis parts... (sigh) > > -- > Terrible Tom -- AIM & Yahoo Name: SilverEightynine > http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/ >
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