Q: Canister purge valve code keeps popping up even after it was replaced.

asked by on March 09, 2017

I just changed the purge valve canister like the censor and after i replacing it and deleting the code it came up again. I replaced my gas lines and dont see why its still popping up

My car has 156000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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