I have a very strange problem with out 2001 Chevy Impala.
About a month ago the check engine light came an and I stopped at an Advance Auto Parts and borrowed their code reader. Code P0446 came up. The fellow at the counter said that the code is for the evap. vent solenoid. It is a part that is not easily accessed so I had a local independent shop replace it. The check engine light stayed out for a couple of days and it came back on. The same code came up, P0446. I've been pretty busy, but I stopped in the local independent shop again and he said he would have to smoke test the evaporation system. He said when I bring it to him to have the tank low in-case he had to drop the tank. A week ago I needed gas and only put 8 gallons in it which brought it up to 3/4 of a tank, because I knew that I would be driving enough to run it low before bringing it to the independent shop next week. I drove it about 150 miles and it was showing below 1/4, and the low fuel warning light came on just as I was driving it to the shop for the smoke test.
The independent shop smoke tested it last night and fixes a bad hose under the hood.
I got it back today, the gauge was reading below 1/4, and I immediately took it to a gas station to fill it up because I did not want to take any chance of running out of gas. I pumped 1.15 gallons of gas into it and the nozzle shut off. I squeezed the gas filling handle and the gasoline over-flowed from the tank.
For some reason with what I know is less than 1/4 tank of gas, the car will not accept gas at the fill neck. What a strange problem. I took it back to the independent mechanic and told him that I can't put gas in it because it is over-flowing when I do, and that it has less than 1/4 tank of gas in it. He said that all the work he did to it was under the hood. That he connected the smoke test system under the hood, and that the bad hose was under the hood.
What could be wrong? It does not make any sense. I never heard of a filler neck not accepting gas, and I know the gas gauge is correct because I drove it enough for the last week for it to have used up the 8 gallons I put in it last week that only filled it up to 3/4, and I know that with where the gauge was reading last week if I normally would of filled it up it would have taken between 12 to 13.5 gallons when I only put 8 gallons in it.
How can a gas tank not except gas when there is less than 1/4 of a tank of gas in it?
About a month ago the check engine light came an and I stopped at an Advance Auto Parts and borrowed their code reader. Code P0446 came up. The fellow at the counter said that the code is for the evap. vent solenoid. It is a part that is not easily accessed so I had a local independent shop replace it. The check engine light stayed out for a couple of days and it came back on. The same code came up, P0446. I've been pretty busy, but I stopped in the local independent shop again and he said he would have to smoke test the evaporation system. He said when I bring it to him to have the tank low in-case he had to drop the tank. A week ago I needed gas and only put 8 gallons in it which brought it up to 3/4 of a tank, because I knew that I would be driving enough to run it low before bringing it to the independent shop next week. I drove it about 150 miles and it was showing below 1/4, and the low fuel warning light came on just as I was driving it to the shop for the smoke test.
The independent shop smoke tested it last night and fixes a bad hose under the hood.
I got it back today, the gauge was reading below 1/4, and I immediately took it to a gas station to fill it up because I did not want to take any chance of running out of gas. I pumped 1.15 gallons of gas into it and the nozzle shut off. I squeezed the gas filling handle and the gasoline over-flowed from the tank.
For some reason with what I know is less than 1/4 tank of gas, the car will not accept gas at the fill neck. What a strange problem. I took it back to the independent mechanic and told him that I can't put gas in it because it is over-flowing when I do, and that it has less than 1/4 tank of gas in it. He said that all the work he did to it was under the hood. That he connected the smoke test system under the hood, and that the bad hose was under the hood.
What could be wrong? It does not make any sense. I never heard of a filler neck not accepting gas, and I know the gas gauge is correct because I drove it enough for the last week for it to have used up the 8 gallons I put in it last week that only filled it up to 3/4, and I know that with where the gauge was reading last week if I normally would of filled it up it would have taken between 12 to 13.5 gallons when I only put 8 gallons in it.
How can a gas tank not except gas when there is less than 1/4 of a tank of gas in it?