EVAP Code and Fuel Gauge Questions

[wrc7732]

Good morning all,

Well, I finally got to drive the recently Eaton Converted Marauder last night. It's been 6 lonk weeks, but after a few hours last night of playing tiddlywinks with the new alternator regulator and wiring, I finally got good voltage, and took the girl out for a spin. Nothing crazy yet, as I have yet to get her tuned, but that's coming a week from Friday. Can't wait.

So, in the meantime I have a couple of things remaining to finish up before all is operating as it should be.

1. I got a P0443 Code - EVAP solenoid something. I don't currently have the EVAP solenoid hooked up as I wasn't wure what to hook the hose to. I can't remember what it was hooked up to in the stock set up, and was hoping someone could enlighten me as to what to do with it. I still have the stock mounting location available, as well as the wire harness and I believe 1 of the hoses makes its way back to the fuel tank area. But what doI do with the other hose?? Where did it go before??

2. We replaced the stock Marauder fuel pump with a Ford GT pump and now the fuel gauge is stuck on full. I know it's not full, because we had to drain half the tank in order to change out the pump. Do you think that the float got stuck somehow?? Should I try filling the tank and letting it run back down to see if this dislodges it?? Or do I need to pull the pump mounting hat and attempt to dislodge it by hand?? Any thoughts as to what else it might be??

Thanks again to everyone who has leant me a helping hand throughout the last month or so. It's been a long project for me. Not being able to spend much time other than 1 day a week really slowed me down. Managed to throw a couple of nights in here and there to keep it rolling. I'm very excited to see what whe'll do once the tuning is complete.

Let me know what you think of the 2 remaining issues, and if anyone wants any details, or has any questions about the swap, feel free to ask. I'll be sure to post pics and a write up as soon as I can compile all the pics from 3 different cameras onto my computer.

Thanks again,

Will

[wrc7732]

Bump. No thoughts yet?? Nobody knows where the evap solenoid lines go.??

[FordNut]

Evap hose should connect to plenum after throttle body, before blower.

You gotta pull the hat back out of the tank, something's not right.

[wrc7732]

Evap hose should connect to plenum after throttle body, before blower.

You gotta pull the hat back out of the tank, something's not right.


So for the Evap hose, do I place a T in the brake booster vac line?? The only line I know of in that location..

And as for the fuel hat. That's what I was afraid of.

[FordNut]

I dunno, never seen a Cobra plenum. My Whipple had plenty of holes in the plenum to pick from, so I ran it into a separate line.

[SILVERSURFER03]

How about that regulator on the fuel rail right side

[wrc7732]

How about that regulator on the fuel rail right side


Not sure what you mean. Do you mean tap into this??

[captain]

Just for fun I looked up your dilema on the CD....its very involved and very simple.
Could be this could be that. It goes on and on for ever. Call a pro.
PO443 opens many doors.

[wrc7732]

Just for fun I looked up your dilema on the CD....its very involved and very simple.
Could be this could be that. It goes on and on for ever. Call a pro.
PO443 opens many doors.


I looked it up also, and it's definately a little nuts. I know what the problem is already though. It's not hooked up at all. I took it off while doing the supercharger install and haven't hooked it back up yet. I just need to know where it goes.

[wrc7732]

okay, so I got the EVAP thingy all hooked back up and plugged in. But as I was looking at it I noticed that there are 3 fittings on it. 2 larger ones, about 3/8" and 1/2" or so. And 1 teeny one, about 1/8". I've hooked up the 2 larger ones, but what do I do with the little one.??..??.. It points straight down out of the bottom. I can't remember if it had anything on it before or not.

Do I hook vaccuum up to it, or is it some sort of drain or something of the sort???

[FordNut]

It hooks to vacuum.

[wrc7732]

So there are 2 vaccuum connections that go to it then?? 1 big one and 1 little one??

Thanks..

[wrc7732]

Well, I've hooked the EVAP system back up and no more code for that. Seems to be happy so far at least.

As for the gas gauge, the darn float had got caugth up by a sire that was not tucked into it's little clips on the fuel hat assembly. Took it half way out, moved the wire, cliped it in place and put it all back together. Now the fuel guage works again. Yippee...