Charcoal Canister Seal
04-18-2019, 02:30 PM
#1
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Join Date: 04-18-2019
Location: PA
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Charcoal Canister Seal
Getting the Gross Leak OBD Code.
found that I am missing the rubber seal/grommet where the Purge Valve goes into the Vapor canister.
Outside of buying a new canister, is there anything I can do/use to remedy this?
Thanks
found that I am missing the rubber seal/grommet where the Purge Valve goes into the Vapor canister.
Outside of buying a new canister, is there anything I can do/use to remedy this?
Thanks
04-18-2019, 03:46 PM
#4
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Join Date: 04-07-2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Oh, yes. This was my issue. My Vapor Canister Vent Valve failed last summer. Easy 10 minute fix. Bought a new one. Got the gross leak P0455 code. I thought it was because I bought the "Standard" brand name instead of AC Delco. Months later I found a rubber O ring on the garage floor. Never put 2 and 2 together. Threw the O ring away. Then I finally got around to troubleshooting that code. I took out the Vapor Canister Vent Valve and realized I was I was an idiot. Of course you can't buy that seal if your life depended on it.
So here's what I did last fall. A heater hose is about the right size to go around the tube. But it's too thick to fit into the canister opening. So I cut a thin slice of the hose, like an olive slice, and used black electrical tape to secure it. I positioned it so that it pushed up against the Vapor Canister. That got rid of the Gross Leak. Then I got a Small Leak code P0442. I was at least making progress. I left it alone for the winter. When all is said and done these two codes don't really affect the car. They are just annoying.
March came and I had to fix it for emissions testing and plate renewal. I decided to seal the edge with a little bead of silicone. It worked great. No more code. Passed emissions.
So here's what I did last fall. A heater hose is about the right size to go around the tube. But it's too thick to fit into the canister opening. So I cut a thin slice of the hose, like an olive slice, and used black electrical tape to secure it. I positioned it so that it pushed up against the Vapor Canister. That got rid of the Gross Leak. Then I got a Small Leak code P0442. I was at least making progress. I left it alone for the winter. When all is said and done these two codes don't really affect the car. They are just annoying.
March came and I had to fix it for emissions testing and plate renewal. I decided to seal the edge with a little bead of silicone. It worked great. No more code. Passed emissions.
04-18-2019, 03:57 PM
#6
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Join Date: 04-07-2008
Location: Wisconsin
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It's been on there since October. I took it off to try another Vent Valve thinking that a new Delco one might come with that O ring. But it looked jut fine. What I thought might break down was the black tape. It was fine and the glue on the tape was good as new. I don't think there is much vapor going through there. If you follow the tube up from the Vent Valve it's an open end next to your filler tube. You don't see it because of the plastic cover around the filler tube. If there was that much vapor going through they would not leave it open ended.
On my Sierra that tube wraps around the top of the transmission and hangs off the right side with a small foam filter on the end. And I think that's only there to prevent dirt from going in the tube.
On my Sierra that tube wraps around the top of the transmission and hangs off the right side with a small foam filter on the end. And I think that's only there to prevent dirt from going in the tube.
