EVAP System
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:17 am
As many of you know my 02 Solara has alot of miles (NYC area roads add at least 5-10 years worth of wear to a car), the past 9 months me and my mechanic have been battling the EVAP system in the car. I use the term battle because being the good mechanic he is, he did not want to find the most expensive thing (charcoal canister) and say that's combined with the valve head slowly leaking oil of the years was (well explain if asked) causing the problem. The problem im having is the CEL coming on and staying on after hard acceleration and "chug". As of the last visit to the shop he has deiced it is definitely the charcoal canister and Friday im having that replaced. Is this common problem with the V6 engine? Anyone else with high millage have similar issues? I just hit 169K last week and not ready for any more surprises!