Was cruising on Third mainland bridge then my Check eng. + VSC came up, was like what the F**k.

I did not panic, plugged in my OBD and found the P0441 code, something about evaporative emission control system purge incorrect bla bla bla.

Did an online search for similar cases and advise was to check for cracked hose around intake area or loose fuel cap.
I did and could find any, everything was intact .

Went to Ladipo bought the new genuine Lexus/ Toyota fuel cap for 10k , still did not fix the problem.
I know its better to start with cheapest fixes.

Okay , yesterday , two additional codes popped up P0172 and P0175. I was losing my mind already.
Did another online search and it pointed to MAF.
Loosened my MAF sensor and sprayed my CRC cleaner on it.
Test drove and both codes did not show up.

So last night, after Arsenal messed up my night , I took a flash light , went to my car . This was before it started raining.
Popped open the hood and started looking, tracing hose e.t.c.
After close to 20mins of search, I gave up feeling sad.

All of a sudden I remembered I cleaned my throttle body, so I traced a hose from the evap purge solenoid that goes to the back of the air filter box holder, lo and behold a loose hose , disconnected from a metallic pipe which I think goes straight to the fuel tank or charcoal cannister.
I had to loosen the air filter cover, placed my hands behind the box and connected the hose and clamped it, and said a prayer.

As I was driving to work......Praise the Lord, Praise Master Jesus. all the lights disappeared even without clearing code .

I decided to shared this experience to help those having same issue.

BTW, this Evap issue increases fuel consumption. Imagine full tank on an RX350 and within 2days had gone to a quarter .

Its also possible the loose hose must have contaminated the MAF , which made it give false air fuel ratio reading which led to the P0172 and P0175 codes.

So you see, it was a brilliant thing arsenal lost that match... .........


Arsenal too requires such deep thinking.........


No be your prayer work o, nah u take ur hand, find trouble.........

Lexusgs430:
So you see, it was a, brilliant thing arsenal lost that match... .........


Arsenal too requires such deep thinking.........


No be your prayer work o, nah u take ur hand, find trouble.........

why art thou so savage?

You think his comments are savagery?
Don't think so.... .

obekediamondfuto:



why art thou so savage?

Whynow:
You think his comments are savagery?
Don't think so.... .

I am sorry if my sense of humour touched a nerve, why now.........

Not my fault you did DIY maintenance on your vehicle, if anything at all, you understand your vehicle a bit better now.........