[V8] Carbon Canister Solenoid

Scott Simmons indischrot at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 09:30:48 PST 2007


Well I don't know if I have a miss or not.  It feels like it at idle on 
occasion, but no troubles under load.  So I didn't know if ze puter 
would let me know if it knew.

Kent McLean wrote:

>Scott Simmons wrote:
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>>Also, will the CEL come on if I have a misfire?  Factory manuals do not 
>>list that as a possible code, so I didn't think so.
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>This is from the 20V codes, so may not apply to the V8, but,
>from Scott Mockrey's site:
>http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/20vcodes.htm
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><quote>
>2111 (Blink Fault Code), 00513 VAG1551/2 Fault Code Number
>RPM sensor (G28)
>Open or short circuit, sensor malfunction
>Defective sensor & cables, metal fragments on flywheel teeth
>Symptom: Engine will not start, misfires, may stop running
>NOTE: I have seen this fault code occur after cranking the engine during
>a no start condition in a few rare cases where there was nothing wrong
>with the RPM sensor
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>If I read this correctly, *maybe* a bad RPM sensor cold cause a misfire,
>but I don't know if the CEL will light up because of it.
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