Charcoal Canister

Hey, I picked up my taco a couple weeks ago outside Vancouver. So I drive through the mountains a lot and my CEL seem to always turn on the day after I do that. I hooked up the obd-2 an after a bunch of googleing, all the codes point to the evap system, but when I reset the light, it stays off until after the next time I'm in the mtns. Anyone else notice anything like that???

 

For future reference, I just did this repair in my driveway and left some notes at http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/187824-cel-p043e-p043f-p2401-p2402-p2419.html.

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2005 Taco Access Cab, 4.0, TRD Off-Road Pkg

 

Update on the charcoal canister for my 2010 Tacoma:

CE light kept being triggered by charcoal canister codes AFTER it was replaced. Had the ECM replaced and that didn't work. Switched back to the old ECM and then had my mechanic (shout out to EVERYONE at Jones Tire and Auto in SLC, particularly Chester) tear apart the wiring harness. The problem was the amps going back to the charcoal canister. Needed a little manipulation, but after putting the harness back together (not replacing the harness) it solved the problem.

Don't go back for more charcoal canisters. Don't get a whole new ECM. If you or someone you know can pull apart the wiring harness and manipulate the wires to read the correct amperage, that should be your fix. All that said, try the gas cap and the CCV first!

 

My charcoal canister has been replaced 3 times at approximately 60k, 75k and 94k miles... approximately $1600 total The last time the canister was replaced the check engine light and evap codes appeared again the next day and a valve was replaced. This lasted about 3 days and the check engine light came on again with evap system codes. I was over a 1000 miles from the dealership. When I returned to the dealership they found and noted on the invoice that a fuel line was "properly replaced" on top of the fuel tank. I drove to breakfast and then to the gas station where gas poured on the ground under the truck. The dealership was literally across the street. A hard line on the gas tank was leaking [NOT THEIR FAULT ????]… after correspondence with Toyota and several discussions with the general manager and the service manager I was given a $300 credit off a total bill of $1900 starting with the canister. I could not take this anymore and sold the Tacoma to a local used car dealer..... probably would have been fine but having replaced 3 canisters I could no longer trust the system and certainly not the competency [nor the honesty] of the local dealer.

 

Sorry for bumping old tread. I work at a shop (service advisor) and we have warrantied a customer's evap canister twice (the OEM one was full of fluid, i advised customer to stop "topping off" fuel when getting gas) , we also found that the evap canister filter had a small crack on it and replaced it as well.

Now he is coming back today because his CEL is back on, I showed my technician this thread and he's wondering, what do you mean by manipulating the wires? Is there any way you could contact that shop and ask them exactly what they did?

I do not think it is a cold weather issue, we are in Chicagoland, but it is May 2020 and it's toasty... it has; however, been raining a lot.


Thank you!


edit: 2009 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L V6 4WD, ~68k miles

edit 2: Original codes2401, P043E, P043F, P2401, P2402, P2419,

Codes that re appeared:
6 Engine codes, 3 ABS / VSC / TRC codes, 1 SRS (Airbag) codes, 1 Inmobilizer codes

P0455, P0441, P0441, P0455, P0441
- C0210 (Speed sensor fault) C0215, C1201
- B1660

 

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