Gas cap problems

9 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 15 Jan 2011, 4:11 pm

#821700

My 2000 Rodeo's check engine light keeps coming on every time I fill the tank with gas. I swear I tighten the gas cap more than 3 clicks after I gas up. Could the cap be faulty? If I change the cap will the light go out on it's own or do I need to have a mechanic clear the code again? Please help..and do omix gas cap good? do they offer good parts?

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9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 15 Jan 2011, 4:23 pm

#821701

wrong forum i think.

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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 15 Jan 2011, 4:39 pm

#821703

gee i wonder if the rodeo forum has a vw related post on it😂

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 15 Jan 2011, 5:00 pm

#821706

whats the cap got to do with engine codes? ❓

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Gracey Wolfsburg Wizard

511 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 15 Jan 2011, 7:13 pm

#821720

Most modern cars have a completely sealed fuel system.

If the fuel cap doesn't seal and allow the system to create a vacuum, then the computer tells you there is a problem and the check engine light will come on and log an error code.
Oh yeah, this is all for emission control.

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jan 2011, 7:29 pm

#821721

lliszabailey wrote:My 2000 Rodeo's check engine light keeps coming on every time I fill the tank with gas. I swear I tighten the gas cap more than 3 clicks after I gas up. Could the cap be faulty? If I change the cap will the light go out on it's own or do I need to have a mechanic clear the code again? Please help..and do omix gas cap good? do they offer good parts?

Sorry,
We only know about VWs on Here...
try leaving the cap off and see if the light stays on...

one click or three, its all the same, its just the ratchet clicking.

I wouldn't worry about it really.....

check to see there isn't a fuel leak in the engine bay....

if its not leaking .. I wouldn't worry...

and does the light go off after a while...??

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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 15 Jan 2011, 8:26 pm

#821739

lliszabailey wrote:My 2000 Rodeo's check engine light keeps coming on every time I fill the tank with gas. I swear I tighten the gas cap more than 3 clicks after I gas up. Could the cap be faulty? If I change the cap will the light go out on it's own or do I need to have a mechanic clear the code again? Please help..and do omix gas cap good? do they offer good parts?

You realy are on the wrong site and in the wrong country, we have petrol here unless it's LPG and then the cap shouldn't click. 🤪

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