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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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i went to autozone and hooked my truck up with the scanner, it came out to be two codes, the first one said : one large vacume leak, the second said: one small vacume leak. and im cant figure out wut the problem is, i had a cold air intake on the truck before but now i have the stock unit back on and right now i have a dynomax muffler with a dump, none of that stuff could cause that problem i dont think, anyone else had these codes??
 
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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The codes weren't exactly for vacuum leaks, but rather EVAP leaks. As in evaporative emissions system leaks. Check under the hood, and on the driver's side you will see a vacuum line with a green plastic cap on it. Make sure none of those hoses are cracked and then check under the truck - near the fuel tank you will see the charcoal canister. Make sure none of the hoses at the canister are cracked. I would be willing to bet you will find it in one of the two places.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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check your gas cap to make sure its tight, thats the code that it throws for aloose gas cap
and its the easiest thing to check
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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yup thier were two hoses on that black box by the gas tank that were either cracked and almost completely off, where do i get new hoses, just the hardware store or wut
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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jsut cut them back past the cracked part and slide a good portion of the hose on instead, there is usually enough slack in the hose to do this 4-5 times
 
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