Buick When starting new posts, please specify YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, ENGINE type, and whatever modifications you have made.

Gas cap error - gas spurting out fill spout

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-01-2014, 07:29 AM
  #31  
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
 
goldfinger22's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
goldfinger22 is on a distinguished road
Default

yea they say that here too but they will let you take the tool by yourself out to check you code...dont say anything about clearing it ,,,then just clear it yourself....or you could wait and it should go off by itself....dont think pulling the battery will work but I heard someone say if you take the positive and neg cables off the batter and hold them together it will clear...never tried it I just use my own scan tool
Old 04-01-2014, 08:14 AM
  #32  
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
jwfirebird's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: western,ny state
Posts: 9,616
Received 579 Likes on 497 Posts
jwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond reputejwfirebird has a reputation beyond repute
Default

its better if you use a tool or wait because when you do that to the battery it resets all the learned values, so it will run poorly and shift hard until it relearns all the variables. and the code doesnt erase it just restarts the drive cycle timer so that it will start doing the monitor checks in the normal order, and evap is still one of the last things it will check. thats why a scan tool is a valuable tool
Old 04-01-2014, 03:48 PM
  #33  
Senior Member
Posts like a Camaro
Thread Starter
 
scottydl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Land of Lincoln
Posts: 1,107
Received 5 Likes on 4 Posts
scottydl is on a distinguished road
Default

SES light went out on its own upon startup this morning. That'* more gratifying than a forced reset IMO because I know that the broken vacuum line was the reason for the code in the first place, which is now resolved. Case closed! (hopefully)

Call me cheap, but now I'm thinking about returning that $12 aftermarket gas cap that I didn't need in the first place. I like the original one (that I kept) better anyway, since it attached to the fill door.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ssewannabe
1992-1999
21
10-30-2016 11:43 AM
eb-86
Buick
9
04-08-2015 12:31 PM
03SSEISUPERCHARGED
General GM Chat
26
05-04-2008 08:36 PM
BuzzRocker
2000-2005
9
07-19-2004 01:21 PM
Vio_late
Audio (and aftermarket electronics)
23
04-02-2004 05:22 PM



Quick Reply: Gas cap error - gas spurting out fill spout



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:46 AM.