Make sure you have tightened your gas cap, and the lines are not leaking through a smoke test/(possibly smoke test | visual/odor inspection) (~100 dollars/free). However this is just to attempt to get rid of the lights, there was an easier alternative.
TL;DR: Check your states emissions testing website to make sure that you can have a certain amount of monitors to not be ready. This was hidden on a separate page under oboII. Otherwise the problem is likely be the charcoal canister ~$300. If there prior fixes did not work, then these are common error codes for the canister, I cannot guarantee this.
Story Time:
I've had these problem for a while and recently I took it to a auto body shop (w/ general repairs) and an gas station inspection station for their advice on how to fix.
I had trusted the auto body shop due to an recommendation from a good friend, but the mechanic initially recommended me to sell my car as it could cost "thousands to fix". I only went back a second time as the person who recommended me reassured me that the shop could be trusted. I returned with the knowledge that there was a waiver of 800 dollars and his quotes for parts were 4-6 times higher than oem, which he responded were only estimates and got prices closer to the correct values after checking with his supplier. I had a smoke test done and there was no leak. He called me the next day and told me I was in luck as I could replace all my major evap components for exactly the waiver fee. I quickly checked the other shop after losing all my trust in the guy and went in to pick up the car.
The second mechanic claimed that the first one was ignorant of emissions testing procedures. As I talked to him, he kept mentioning that he could assist me in passing emissions by having an emissions expert bypass the testing system for a hundred bucks or he could fix the evap problem, for a much higher price. What was his fix on the receipt? Just reset the light and drive the car/leave it overnight in order to have all the monitors except evap ready.
"Solution":
In my state, the oboII code testing allows vehicles like ours to have one evap monitor incomplete, the evap monitor is the slowest to get ready. The evap monitor will not be ready until at about 4 days. I had noticed this code condition and the operating procedure on the emissions testing website but when I asked the first guy, he seemed to dance around the question. If this is the case, make sure you take the car in after getting all the monitors except the evap to be ok for emissions testing. Even if you cannot pass, you can still get a free retest within ~(2 weeks)?
Reflection:
It was an bizarre experience as I did not want to waste my money, but I felt that I had to be on guard and do research. The mechanics could claim that the problem can not be homed in on or that they had "experts" to help them solve this problem. I really wanted to get the emissions to pass and it ended up costing almost as much as a new charcoal canister. 250 dollars including the "diagnosis" and 30 dollars emissions testing fee. Additionally, after having these 3 error codes for the past 6 months, taking it into these mechanics had me gain the codes p2418 and p0441. Until I actually get a job, I'll probably going to be doing as much minor services as I can. The first shop actually forgot to put back on the charcoal canister shield, leaving it to hang out partially. They even denied that my car had one until I told them I had pictures.
TL;DR: Check your states emissions testing website to make sure that you can have a certain amount of monitors to not be ready. This was hidden on a separate page under oboII. Otherwise the problem is likely be the charcoal canister ~$300. If there prior fixes did not work, then these are common error codes for the canister, I cannot guarantee this.
Story Time:
I've had these problem for a while and recently I took it to a auto body shop (w/ general repairs) and an gas station inspection station for their advice on how to fix.
I had trusted the auto body shop due to an recommendation from a good friend, but the mechanic initially recommended me to sell my car as it could cost "thousands to fix". I only went back a second time as the person who recommended me reassured me that the shop could be trusted. I returned with the knowledge that there was a waiver of 800 dollars and his quotes for parts were 4-6 times higher than oem, which he responded were only estimates and got prices closer to the correct values after checking with his supplier. I had a smoke test done and there was no leak. He called me the next day and told me I was in luck as I could replace all my major evap components for exactly the waiver fee. I quickly checked the other shop after losing all my trust in the guy and went in to pick up the car.
The second mechanic claimed that the first one was ignorant of emissions testing procedures. As I talked to him, he kept mentioning that he could assist me in passing emissions by having an emissions expert bypass the testing system for a hundred bucks or he could fix the evap problem, for a much higher price. What was his fix on the receipt? Just reset the light and drive the car/leave it overnight in order to have all the monitors except evap ready.
"Solution":
In my state, the oboII code testing allows vehicles like ours to have one evap monitor incomplete, the evap monitor is the slowest to get ready. The evap monitor will not be ready until at about 4 days. I had noticed this code condition and the operating procedure on the emissions testing website but when I asked the first guy, he seemed to dance around the question. If this is the case, make sure you take the car in after getting all the monitors except the evap to be ok for emissions testing. Even if you cannot pass, you can still get a free retest within ~(2 weeks)?
Reflection:
It was an bizarre experience as I did not want to waste my money, but I felt that I had to be on guard and do research. The mechanics could claim that the problem can not be homed in on or that they had "experts" to help them solve this problem. I really wanted to get the emissions to pass and it ended up costing almost as much as a new charcoal canister. 250 dollars including the "diagnosis" and 30 dollars emissions testing fee. Additionally, after having these 3 error codes for the past 6 months, taking it into these mechanics had me gain the codes p2418 and p0441. Until I actually get a job, I'll probably going to be doing as much minor services as I can. The first shop actually forgot to put back on the charcoal canister shield, leaving it to hang out partially. They even denied that my car had one until I told them I had pictures.
