Drove the vehicle this morning. Took gas cap off and put it back on, cranked it’s several clicks. After about 20min driving the blinking light came on again but not CEL. Stopped, car sat for a coupla hours, drove home, no blinky light. So it must be some marginal thing.
--FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 12, 2021, at 9:14 PM, Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Great, thanks. I’ll chase after it tomorrow > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jan 12, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Check for split hoses, missing or torn gas cap gasket, and cracked plastic >> parts. Any of them will give you fits, the tank does NOT vent out the cap >> (or in, for that matter), all venting is through the evaporative control >> system. >> >> You will need to verify the operation of all the valves too, as failures can >> cause vacuum leaks (which is what you have and is setting the CEL) -- also >> make sure the charcoal cartridge is not plugged with crud, air gets drawn >> through it to clear the gasoline out of the charcoal and if the vent surface >> is clogged, you will have excess fuel since it's not being drawn off. >> >> Big PITA, but when it works it works well. >> >> I need to check the system on the TE, I'm pretty sure some of my running >> issues are a clogged vent line. Perfect size for mud daubers around here, >> just like weedeaters. >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
