He asked about the filling up for that purge valve but that won't make a difference. It's time. First thing in the morning is usually solid, and 5 minutes off like a quick errand is fine, but anything seemingly 10 minutes to 6 hours makes it fall back into this pattern. I even try sometimes not holding the key as long on a crank just to see if it's truly a factor of sending fuel to the rails vs just "this crank won't work, but the next one will" like with camshaft timing.
the evap code was from the flex hose connecting to the top of the gas tank. When I put the tank back in i thought it didn't seal very well and he agreed, saying it was loose so he put some kind of silicone thing on it to make the boot grab better.
when I say crank over here's what I mean. you turn the key to "start" and usually you hear anywhere from 1-3 "churn" noises before ignition and the big "vroom". I'm hearing 5-8 churning before I give up and re-turn the key again. Then when it does turn over fully it sounds strong. Before the timing belt change it would start a bit rough and "chugg chugg" a bit for a few seconds. But driving is fine. I'm still running a full gas tank in to see true fill up MPG but otherwise it runs smooth. It even had a higher pitch hum when firing up as I got it back from the mechanic, maybe that was from years with an out of spec MAF causing a deeper growl.
the evap code was from the flex hose connecting to the top of the gas tank. When I put the tank back in i thought it didn't seal very well and he agreed, saying it was loose so he put some kind of silicone thing on it to make the boot grab better.
when I say crank over here's what I mean. you turn the key to "start" and usually you hear anywhere from 1-3 "churn" noises before ignition and the big "vroom". I'm hearing 5-8 churning before I give up and re-turn the key again. Then when it does turn over fully it sounds strong. Before the timing belt change it would start a bit rough and "chugg chugg" a bit for a few seconds. But driving is fine. I'm still running a full gas tank in to see true fill up MPG but otherwise it runs smooth. It even had a higher pitch hum when firing up as I got it back from the mechanic, maybe that was from years with an out of spec MAF causing a deeper growl.
