Takami826 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 The CEL finally came back on this weekend so I rushed off to AutoZONE and they checked the code things, it was a P1101 so they recommended a new gas cap, and all is well -so far. The 'dead spot' or whatever that was hasn't happened since the weekend I posted about it, so I guess I'll just wait and see what happens. Thanks for everyone's input, this is a good board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Just always be sure you twist it on 'til you hear several clicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takami826 Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 Yup! Always have since I had my 89 Justy and the CEL light came on a month after I bought it and I took it into the dealer and they told me allll about that. I felt stupid but hey, I'd only driven a crummy mid-80s Ford Escort prior and that thing never ran long enough to have a CEL light come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Duh, Oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takami826 Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 missed the subject header there, yea it did need a new gas cap cuz when the CEL first started coming on, I made extra sure I was tightening it to several clicks (always have but paid extra attention) and when we looked at it closely yesterday, the seal was kinda cruddy and chunky-like, proly dried out or something, I dunno... but so far it's been off and stayed off -same thing happened to my justy around 100K miles, the CEL was ALWAYS on and finally just spent the $5 on a new gas cap and that solved it. I see a trend here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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