View Single Post
Old 08-01-2010, 03:06 AM   #14
Runaboveit
GX Member
 
Runaboveit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Posts: 142
Runaboveit is on a distinguished road
I'm assuming you checked your gas cap right? Look at the rubbery seal around the cap for little cracks. If you see any it may not be allowing the tank to pressurize which will throw that code. If its the original cap I would get a new one for about 10 bucks from any auto parts store. Turn the car off, switch caps (make sure you hear it click at least 3 times turning it), unhook your battery connections for 15 minutes, hook em back up. See if the code comes back on after driving for a day or so. If the light is still lit as soon as you turn on the car, then have it cleared at autozone and see if it comes back.

As far as the fuel filter goes, I had mine replaced at a shop and was charged 40 bucks. I bought the filter for something like 10-15 bucks and brought it to a shop after calling around for the best price of just labor to install it.

I was going to do it myself but heard horror stories about evil clips and lines breaking, and decided it was worth the 40 bucks to have someone else do it, since I didn't want my car to be sitting disabled in my garage because something broke while trying to change the filter. Even though I hate other people working on my cars, I figured it was best.

If you want, you can crawl under the car and put a small mark on the fuel filter with a sharpie. Then ask for your old filter back when you have it changed out and verify it has that mark. Just in case.

Good luck! I noticed after changing my filter the car started quicker, seemed more responsive, and my mileage went up slightly as well.

Fortunately, I live in Nevada so everything under the car is rust free so the lines are fine.
__________________
2001 Oldsmobile Alero GL Sedan - Sport Red

miles as of 04/23/10

Last edited by Runaboveit : 08-01-2010 at 02:40 PM.
Runaboveit is offline   Reply With Quote