Q: Evaporative Emissions Control
I also took the charcoal canister off and the pellets inside were loose. Put same canister back on and crank vehicle and check engine light that was on prior to taking canister off was no longer there and to this day still hasn't came back on with same issues going on. could the canister be the whole problem?
My car has 178676 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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