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Circuit/System Verification

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  1. Ignition ON and fuel cap removed,
  2. Verify the scan tool fuel tank pressure (FTP) sensor parameter is between 1.3-1.7 V.
    • If not within the specified range 

      Refer to Circuit/System Testing below,

    • If within the specified range 

      Refer to step 6 below.

  3. Install the fuel cap.
  4. Engine running, the EVAP vent solenoid valve open, command the EVAP purge solenoid valve to 100 % with a scan tool. The reading should not increase to greater than -15 mm Hg (-8 in H2O).
    • If greater than the specified range 

      Refer to the restriction section in Circuit/System Testing below.

    • If within the specified range 

      Refer to step 6 below.

  5. Using the scan tool, decrease the canister purge duty cycle from 100 % to 0 %. The vacuum should decrease to near zero.
    • If the fuel tank vacuum does not return to zero or appears to decrease too slowly 

      Refer to the restriction section in Circuit/System Testing below.

    • If within the specified range 
  6. Operate the vehicle within the conditions for running the DTC. You may also operate the vehicle within the conditions that you observed from the freeze frame/failure records data.
  7. Verify the DTC does not set.
    • If the DTC sets 

      Refer to Circuit/System Testing below.

    • If the DTC does not set 
  8. All OK.