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Late Model Junk

1999 Chevy Silverado



This is mom's 1999 Chevy Silverado pickup.  It has the 325 engine, and somehow gets 19-20 mpg almost all the time, in mostly rural driving.  Too bad the SES light stays on...maybe one day I'll try to fix it.  Dang obd II.

Update:  I think I found the problem with the EVAP system, which was setting a P0442 trouble code (small leak).  The charcoal canister had a hole worn in it



by the handle on the gas tank



rubbing against it for 100,000 miles.  I priced a new canister at the dealer, list price is over $130, so I went to the local salvage yard and found a used one from a rolled very low mile truck for $45, and installed it...after putting a piece of steel plate on it using the handyman's secret weapon




We used to have some more late model junk, but got rid of it, because, well, it was junk!