Gas Cap Solves Check Engine Light

hey there this is my 2014 gmc terrain i need a new gas cap how do i know i need a new gas cap i've got a check engine light on how do i know the check engine light tells me i need a new gas cap well i don't know for sure but it's a logical conclusion based on the circumstances we're going to find out in a couple of minutes if i'm right whenever you get a check engine light you should have your senses perk up right away and you should pay attention to what your vehicle is you know running like what it sounds like what it feels like look at your other instruments on the gauge on your dashboard i mean and see if everything looks okay i'm talking about the yellow light that just comes on and stays on if you get a check engine light and it's that flashing yellow light pull over immediately turn your engine off call a tow truck don't run the engine you've got a serious problem now my car seems to be running just fine so the other thing you need to think about is what were you doing before the check engine light came on in my case i just filled the car up with gas left the gas station and the light was on i had had this happen one time before i reset the check engine light it stayed off so it's fine this time the check engine light won't reset i put two and two together filling the gas tank and getting the check engine light that's why i think i need a new gas cap i inspected the the cap and took a look at the you know the inside and the seal see this blue gasket down around here that's what seals against the tank and you know it looks pretty good all around i don't see any damage or cracks but you know it feels kind of hard it doesn't feel resilient and flexible but this is a valve there's a one-way valve inside of this that lets air into the tank and doesn't let air escape and it could be that you know there's a failure in there this is the fuel cap i purchased at the auto dealer 10 bucks and what comes in here is pretty much just a new cap and it's got the tether and some of the little clips or pins that attach you know this into this tether there's a variety of sizes in here it looks like but we're just going to put this in here and then before we connect the security strap here we're going to go see if the light turns off yeah look at that no check engine light so it looks like we've solved the problem now if you happen to have that check engine light stay on there is a little reset procedure you can try and it's really simple all you do is turn the car on for one second turn the car off turn the car back on for another second turn the car off turn the car on a third time for one second turn the car off then start the engine and if the check engine light doesn't reset after that then you should probably take it in and get it checked by a mechanic how do i remove this pin i'm gonna just experiment here i'm using a pair of side cutters because i thought they'd slide underneath and i could like lift it out yeah there we go good just put this around here and slide that in there we go good okay i'm good to go

Channel: ItsFixable

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Keywords: Fix-it Guy, DO-it-Yourself, Do it yourself, ItsFixable, It's Fixable, orange check engine light, fuel tank cap, gas cap replacement, fuel cap, gas cap check engine light, flashing check engine light, remove check engine light, turn off check engine light, blinking check engine light

Id: t5y0DzMFhyM

Length: 4min 58sec (298 seconds)

Published: Fri May 27 2022