Clearing the CEL....

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gilly6993

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Her' a quick hitory....4100 miles right now....at 3600 pun a rod and had the engine rebuilt....

last week left my gas cap at the station....CEL came on and today put a new cap on and started it up....CEL stayed on...

question is if it is the gas cap, and I hope it is, do I have to drive it or get it to the dealer to clear it?.....thanks
 
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Not sure on your year car but on mine the CEL will self clear after the PCM performs a certain number of tests on the EVAP system. I think it takes three successful self tests and the light should then go out.
 
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On my 09 it took more than three "drives" to get it to go out, some of the tests it has to pass are quite specific and lengthy from what i could glean from the interweb. One of them was 8hours -3c temp change and no more than <a little bit of level change. Light didnt go out untl i left it in the office carpark for 8 hours. Putting it in the garage will most likley cause a +tive temp change.

But it did go out in the end on its own
 
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