"DAKSY" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
: Hey, DML
: Help! Tried to get the DAKSY inspected today & the local guy won't do it
: with the MIL.
: I've got a week on the 04 sticker...
: According to the Bible:
: P1281 - Engine is cold too long ... Engine coolant temperature remains below
: normal
: operating temperatures
: during vehicle travel(T-stat)
: What do I do? Remove the Robt Shaw 180 deg & return to the stock195?
: I've got plenty of heat, so I don't think the 180 is stuck in the open
: position...
: Am I missing something, here?
: P0442 - Evap Leak Monitor Medium Leak Detected...I know - I gotta blow smoke
: thru the system
: in order to find the leak...I can't find a smoke machine anywhere around
: here....If I could, I'd still
: hafta figger out the fittings req'd to connect to the Evap sys...
: I'd rather not go to a dealer, but looks like I have no choice...It'd be
: different if I could
: get into a heated garage & play, but THAT's not gonna happen til I get done
: with the A-frame...
: Help!?!?!?!
You might want to try this... Disconnect the negative battery
cable, turn the key to start and hold it there for a few seconds,
reconnect, and verify that the MIL is out. Drive it around a bit
and see how long the codes take to come back. Assuming that they
don't come back within an hour or so, do the same thing right
before the inspection. :-)
(Make sure the truck is fully warmed up before or on the way to the
inspection station, then do the "disconnect battery code reset" thing,
either just after you pull into the parking lot, or stop a couple hundred
feet away from the inspection station to do it, then drive in if you
think it will look suspicious for you to be fiddling under the hood
right before your inspection.)
At least that will ensure there is no MIL lit when the tech goes to
inspect the truck. I'm not sure how long the evap code would take to
come back (I'm not sure how often it is monitored), but with a fully
warmed up truck, I wouldn't expect to see the t-stat code pop up
again.
Anyway, the above won't actually address the problems, but may be
enough to get you through the inspection. (What can I say, I enjoy
dreaming up ways to beat the system...) ;-) Speaking of which, I
usually wait until my inspection has actually expired to get it
inspected, this way I get 13 months for the price of 12. ;-)
--
-Jon-
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