What code was it setting for the air box? Yeah, many people overfill the tank, not knowing its possible, but the handle at the gas station clicks off when it detects vapor coming out, showing the tank is full. So what happens when the Charcoal canister comes into contact with liquid gas is the charcoal inside starts to break apart and tiny pieces of it end up being pulled into the vapor hoses which lead to the Purge Solenoid, and once its clogged up with those tiny pieces and/or liquid gas is the solenoid sticks open, it doesn't even have to be fully open, just enough for intake manifold vacuum to pull excessive vapor and gas into the engine.
The engine computer monitors the gas tank pressure by a very sensitive sensor, but many systems work differently but the same idea. There is a Vent Solenoid that allows fresh air into the Canister while the vapors are being pulled, but when you get down to 1/3 or 1/4 tank of gas, there could be too much air being drawn into the vapor management system due to gas damaging certain parts, and you might be running into a lean misfire at that point, but Ill post some service info for you to see where these components are located, the Charcoal canister is normally located back by the gas tank, you'll have to take a look for it but it's difficult to miss.
You should be able to take the hose off or if possible shake the canister and see if you hear any gasoline sloshing around inside, the best thing to do is take the canister off if possible and check for bits of charcoal falling out, then you'll know the canister is junk, but below, the 1st and 2nd diagrams are for checking the Purge Solenoid which is located in the engine compartment, you might need to remove the engine cover to see it.
Diagrams 3,4 are the Canister and the Vent valve that's attached to it. Both should be checked. Here are some guides, although you're not really dealing with an external leak at this point, most likely the Purge valve is not fully closing, so start there and let us know what you find.
The 5th diagram is of the entire Vapor management system, it shows how it works, it takes very specific conditions for the Evap monitors to run, so I think this would have eventually set a code for something related.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-emission-control-systems-work
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/evap-system-code-repair
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 AT 8:33 AM