Check engine light on an 01 came on a week ago Thursday, one the colder days here before warm up. Got out my trusty old Actron basic code reader, got topic codes. Evap system, research suggested several possibilities, worst evap canister and/or tank purge/rollover valve. Easiest, bad gas cap and evap vacuum lines. Gas cap relatively new Stant Cap purchased last year. Did have a couple of OE canister hoses that were cracked. One short, one longer to top of intake plenum. Started there.
Having a gift card went first to AAP. Had some hose that might have worked, but OD much smaller. First Napa store tried to sell me fuel hose, said same thing. Uhh, no. Then to the Toyota dealer, wow useless as.....think anatomical part on male bovine. Would have liked to purchase actual hose pieces as can be seen many bends and would be best option. Lacking that at least some OEM type hose by the foot with same ID and OD. No joy on either and a total waste of time. Then to another Napa store, Flowers Family with stores in NC and apparently Va. Had some hose by the foot with very close if not identical ID, OD slightly smaller but workable, 3 ft ~$1.80. As can be seen had to extend the hose U curve of the replacement hose so as to not restrict flow.
Erased codes haven't come back in well over 100 miles and over a week, but didn't come back after erasing them immediately with old hose. Time will tell. Did buy a new OEM Toyota gas cap (pricey) too even though Stant likely fine, will save for spare. No didn't buy from local dealer, got it from an ebay seller.
Ideally having a smoke machine for this be best, but at this point didn't want buy even the ones like Scotty Kilmer hawks and sold on ebay. I'd have limited use. I see Pep Boys does test for ~$30, but it is Pep Boys. I've got zero complaints about the truck, ~155k miles only second check engine light I've gotten. First air-fuel ratio sensor, easy fix. If I ever sell this, even though MT trashed Tacoma recently, I'd buy another.
Having a gift card went first to AAP. Had some hose that might have worked, but OD much smaller. First Napa store tried to sell me fuel hose, said same thing. Uhh, no. Then to the Toyota dealer, wow useless as.....think anatomical part on male bovine. Would have liked to purchase actual hose pieces as can be seen many bends and would be best option. Lacking that at least some OEM type hose by the foot with same ID and OD. No joy on either and a total waste of time. Then to another Napa store, Flowers Family with stores in NC and apparently Va. Had some hose by the foot with very close if not identical ID, OD slightly smaller but workable, 3 ft ~$1.80. As can be seen had to extend the hose U curve of the replacement hose so as to not restrict flow.
Erased codes haven't come back in well over 100 miles and over a week, but didn't come back after erasing them immediately with old hose. Time will tell. Did buy a new OEM Toyota gas cap (pricey) too even though Stant likely fine, will save for spare. No didn't buy from local dealer, got it from an ebay seller.
Ideally having a smoke machine for this be best, but at this point didn't want buy even the ones like Scotty Kilmer hawks and sold on ebay. I'd have limited use. I see Pep Boys does test for ~$30, but it is Pep Boys. I've got zero complaints about the truck, ~155k miles only second check engine light I've gotten. First air-fuel ratio sensor, easy fix. If I ever sell this, even though MT trashed Tacoma recently, I'd buy another.
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