2014 BMW 428i
Mileage
73,986
Service Date
11/2/2023
Services Performed
- DTC P0456 EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM SMALL LEAK DETECTED . PERFORM VISUAL INSPECTION OF EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM LINES AND CONNECTIONS . NOTHING OBVIOUS COULD BE SEEN , THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE SMOKE TESTED ,
- THE SMOKE MACHINE FLOW GAUGE SHOWS A LEAK , STARTING AT THIS CANISTER A VERY CLOSE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND NOTHING COULD BE SEEN LEAKING AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE . AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANK AREA AND LINES RUNNING TO THE TANK AND CANISTER SHOWED NO LEAKS IN EITHER AREA . CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD THERE WAS SMOKE OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE PLASTIC LINE THAT RUNS TO THE VAPOR PURGE VALVE. THE LEAK IS IN AN AWKWARD ARE FACING THE FIREWALL BEHIND THE ENGINE . USING A MIRROR THE LINE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CRACKED . THE LINE IS A HARD LINE RUNNING FROM THE VAPOR PURGE VALVE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE .
- THE SMOKE MACHINE FLOW GAUGE SHOWS NO FLOW INDICATING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER LEAKS PRESENT AT THIS TIME . THE CODE WAS CLEARED . THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE DRIVEN 50-150 MILES BEFORE IT CAN HAVE AN EMISSION TEST PERFORMED .
VLADIMIR P. gave our service a 5 star review on 11/2/2023
