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Carbon canister P0441
pudding:
I'm sure I saw it on an American forum ages ago......but someone cut open their oem canister and refilled it with charcoal pellets from a tropical fish store, then plastic welded the lid back on. Thriftiness to a whole new level that!
I'm not quite sure how the ECU knows the charcoal has run out of charcoaliness, but it must be expecting to see a very specific sized 'air leak' when the N80 opens, which needs X amount of lambda compensation. Any deviation from that flings the EML on quicker than a bank denying you a cash withdrawal when 1p overdrawn.
Grevling89:
Bumping this but mainly to save it for later.
Getting the P0441 on and off ever since buying my whip.
Probably gonna start with switching the N80, but both seem like good maintenance boxes to tick off on an older car like it is by now.
OllieVRS:
Check your petrol cap isn't wiggly - I got a P0441 but I noticed the petrol cap seemed to wiggle a bit. Replaced it with a 10 euro Febi Bilstein one off Amazon and never got the code again after clearing it, even after brimming the car (which some people say can cause that code).
Grevling89:
--- Quote from: OllieVRS on December 04, 2022, 12:41:42 pm ---Check your petrol cap isn't wiggly - I got a P0441 but I noticed the petrol cap seemed to wiggle a bit. Replaced it with a 10 euro Febi Bilstein one off Amazon and never got the code again after clearing it, even after brimming the car (which some people say can cause that code).
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Thanks for the tip, will definitely check that out!
Cheers
fsgti:
I bought a cheap 20 quid or so one off ebay. Been about 3 months and there have been no lights coming on so far. The cheap one definitely was a lot lighter than the OEM one I took out so I'm sure it's filtering capabilities are much worse but you get what you pay for I guess.
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