Bugs In The Air Release Valve Tripped Engine Light

10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$600
Average Mileage:
89,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
2002 Pontiac Sunfire fuel system problems

fuel system problem

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2002 Pontiac Sunfire Owner Comments

problem #1

Jul 162007

(reported on)

Sunfire 2.2L 4 cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 89,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

This was something that was wrong with the car when I bought it and my mechanic fixed it for free, but explained to me that the price to fix this normally was around $600. In the gas tank filler there is a valve that releases air out of the tank. A bug crawled in there and caused the valve not to work. When the valve doesn't work, the car runs a code, preventing it from being inspected. My mechanic had to drop the entire fuel system, empty it and run a smoke machine on it. Find out where the problem was, clean it out/replace the part. Return the fuel system to the bottom of the car.

- Christina M., Rochester, NY, US

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