Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » Misc mechanics: Evap code cleared itself without me doing anything?
  1. Results 1 to 12 of 12
  2. Page 1 of 1

Thread: Misc mechanics: Evap code cleared itself without me doing anything?

post 1682934053 05-18-2023, 09:55 AM
-
#1
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2022
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 998
  6. Rep Power: 5904

Misc mechanics: Evap code cleared itself without me doing anything?

-Check engine light came on a while ago
-I checked the code... P0456 (very minor evap leak)
-Got a new gas cap and cleared the code, but it came back a couple weeks ago
-Just today it went away on its own without me doing anything

Also, the check engine light still shows when the key is turned to "on" (but engine isn't started), so the light doesn't seem to be burned out.

Why would this happen?
post 1682934103 05-18-2023, 09:55 AM
-
#2
  1. cobhc
  2. Structural Engineer Brah
  1. cobhc
  2. Structural Engineer Brah
  3. Join Date: Dec 2010
  4. Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
  5. Posts: 44,106
  6. Rep Power: 281429
Prolly left the gas cap loose or something.
NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS
RED BULL RACING
post 1682934233 05-18-2023, 09:57 AM
-
#3
  1. Godfrd824
  1. Godfrd824
  3. Join Date: Oct 2008
  4. Location: DevilMayRage's Head, Rent Free
  5. Posts: 57,343
  6. Subscribers: 2
  7. Rep Power: 385379
Originally Posted By cobhc⏩
Prolly left the gas cap loose or something.
This.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
post 1682934403 05-18-2023, 10:00 AM
-
#4
  1. bsmit107
  2. Living in 3024
  1. bsmit107
  2. Living in 3024
  3. Join Date: May 2010
  4. Location: Georgia, United States
  5. Posts: 21,085
  6. Rep Power: 189967
Guess you could say that Evap Code just...................Evaporated.
post 1682934483 05-18-2023, 10:01 AM
-
#5
  1. saltypits
  1. saltypits
  3. Join Date: Feb 2016
  4. Posts: 14,086
  5. Rep Power: 54189
Make sure you get an OEM gas cap. I got an aftermarket one and it was garbage.

Also I learned that gas caps can wear out.
post 1682934783 05-18-2023, 10:06 AM
-
#6
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2009
  4. Location: Cajun Country
  5. Age: 40
  6. Height: 5'7"
  7. Weight: 185 lbs
  8. Posts: 52,629
  9. Subscribers: 4
  10. Rep Power: 418882
The most insignificant of all codes lol.

You have already wasted way too much time thinking about it op.


Sleep easy tonight.

Good thinking to check the bulb like that.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“

PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
post 1682934903 05-18-2023, 10:07 AM
-
#7
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2022
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 998
  6. Rep Power: 5904
Originally Posted By cobhc⏩
Prolly left the gas cap loose or something.
I don't know how that would be possible tbh. After the CIL came on I made sure to fully tighten my gas cap after every fillup. I even replaced the gas cap with a brand new one and cleared the code, then a month later it came back. But suddenly it just turned off.
Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
The most insignificant of all codes lol.

You have already wasted way too much time thinking about it op.


Sleep easy tonight.

Good thinking to check the bulb like that.
Trust me I know. But I live in a state that requires an retarded emissions test every 1.5 years. If you have any evap codes, you fail. It's dumb as sh!t.
post 1682934973 05-18-2023, 10:08 AM
-
#8
  1. HateLiberals
  2. Registered User
  1. HateLiberals
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jul 2022
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 14,808
  6. Rep Power: 129650
It just means a Vac leak that is now not happening. Figure it out
post 1682935063 05-18-2023, 10:10 AM
-
#9
  1. cobhc
  2. Structural Engineer Brah
  1. cobhc
  2. Structural Engineer Brah
  3. Join Date: Dec 2010
  4. Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
  5. Posts: 44,106
  6. Rep Power: 281429
Originally Posted By LiveLaughLoath⏩
I don't know how that would be possible tbh. After the CIL came on I made sure to fully tighten my gas cap after every fillup. I even replaced the gas cap with a brand new one and cleared the code, then a month later it came back. But suddenly it just turned off.



Trust me I know. But I live in a state that requires an retarded emissions test every 1.5 years. If you have any evap codes, you fail. It's dumb as sh!t.
That's how permanent codes work.
NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS
RED BULL RACING
post 1682935583 05-18-2023, 10:20 AM
-
#10
  1. saltypits
  1. saltypits
  3. Join Date: Feb 2016
  4. Posts: 14,086
  5. Rep Power: 54189
Originally Posted By cobhc⏩
That's how permanent codes work.
This man is correct. The code is permanent so you can't clear it. If you do it just comes right back after a diag cycle. Only putting on enough miles and stop/starts with no further code trips will clear it.
post 1682936453 05-18-2023, 10:31 AM
-
#11
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  1. Ironmanlet
  2. Adamantium User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2009
  4. Location: Cajun Country
  5. Age: 40
  6. Height: 5'7"
  7. Weight: 185 lbs
  8. Posts: 52,629
  9. Subscribers: 4
  10. Rep Power: 418882
Originally Posted By LiveLaughLoath⏩
I don't know how that would be possible tbh. After the CIL came on I made sure to fully tighten my gas cap after every fillup. I even replaced the gas cap with a brand new one and cleared the code, then a month later it came back. But suddenly it just turned off.



Trust me I know. But I live in a state that requires an retarded emissions test every 1.5 years. If you have any evap codes, you fail. It's dumb as sh!t.
Oh, I always forget about that. I have to redo my inspection every two years. For most of my adult life I lived in states that did not require them.

The local slobs around here that do it don't care, they still sign our chit off lol. Which I am grateful for of course.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“

PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
post 1682936543 05-18-2023, 10:32 AM
-
#12
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  1. LiveLaughLoath
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Aug 2022
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 998
  6. Rep Power: 5904
Originally Posted By saltypits⏩
This man is correct. The code is permanent so you can't clear it. If you do it just comes right back after a diag cycle. Only putting on enough miles and stop/starts with no further code trips will clear it.
Ooohhh I see. Well, hopefully it was indeed the gas cap.
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts