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Cannister damage from overfilling?

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Old 04-03-2013, 07:45 PM
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Default Cannister damage from overfilling?

I have an 89 Saleen and I am a notorious overtopper at the gas station. Wondering if the 89 Fox bodies had this evaporative cannister and if I have damaged it. Car runs fine except for intermittent check engine light. Now that I am aware of these cannisters next to the gas cap, I do not overfill on any car now. When they are damaged they throw a code from what I have heard on the Under the Hood podcast. Your thoughts.
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scan the car and see what code youre throwing...
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Clearly you are guessing why the CEL is on. Don’t guess. Your just throwing darts in the dark and hoping for a bullseye. As rmodel65 said, find out the code that is causing the CEL and go from there.
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