Originally Posted By: chad8
It will not hurt ANYTHING. Take the light bulb out.
Usually there is a leak of a line near the canister or a valve. A good gas vapor sniffer can find it pretty quickly , but why ?
I assumed that it wouldn't hurt much if any but then I ran across this:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/money/consumer/alerts/gas-test
Here is the quote that I am specifically referring to:
"--Check your gas cap to make sure it’s secure and tightly sealed. Almost a fifth of cars -- 17 percent -- have missing or broken gas caps. Fixing this will improve efficiency by about 1 percent -- and will protect the environment from harmful fumes or spills."
I have noticed a slight drop in gas mileage 2-3% that seems to correlate with the time frame where I got the P0446 code. Of course, it has been getting hotter and the AC has been run a little more so it is hard to say.
But also, a greater worry is that as I was driving yesterday morning I noticed a slight gasoline fume stench in the cabin. There weren't any cars in front or behind me and so it i can only assume that it was my vehicle. This is a deep concern because such fumes are very unhealthy. I will say that it is the only time that I have noticed said fumes in the last month and I didn't notice any fumes today but, nonetheless, it is a concern.
It will not hurt ANYTHING. Take the light bulb out.
Usually there is a leak of a line near the canister or a valve. A good gas vapor sniffer can find it pretty quickly , but why ?
I assumed that it wouldn't hurt much if any but then I ran across this:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/money/consumer/alerts/gas-test
Here is the quote that I am specifically referring to:
"--Check your gas cap to make sure it’s secure and tightly sealed. Almost a fifth of cars -- 17 percent -- have missing or broken gas caps. Fixing this will improve efficiency by about 1 percent -- and will protect the environment from harmful fumes or spills."
I have noticed a slight drop in gas mileage 2-3% that seems to correlate with the time frame where I got the P0446 code. Of course, it has been getting hotter and the AC has been run a little more so it is hard to say.
But also, a greater worry is that as I was driving yesterday morning I noticed a slight gasoline fume stench in the cabin. There weren't any cars in front or behind me and so it i can only assume that it was my vehicle. This is a deep concern because such fumes are very unhealthy. I will say that it is the only time that I have noticed said fumes in the last month and I didn't notice any fumes today but, nonetheless, it is a concern.