I tried to seal the canister bolt hole with my own 2 ply orange rubber gasket and attached a nut on top as shown in the photos from earlier today. JB Weld method did not work, too thick for the tiny opening, just wasted a bolt.
As I mentioned on Sunday, the new solenoid is defective and not holding a vacuum when energized. I bought it online. The new-new replacement will arrive on Thursday.
After spraying with PB Blaster, transmission fluid and cleaning up with Brake Cleaner, the old solenoid now holds a vacuum, by mouth-air-sucking test.
The muffler shop welded back the exhaust pipe. Last night I patched the remaining hole with exhaust cement. All exhaust and O2 sensor related faults P0136, P1441, P0446 are gone.
So, I mounted the old solenoid with one bolt, sealed the other hole with my double orange rubber gaskets (see photo above). After driving for a hundred miles and several stops, the Torque Pro OBD2 app now shows only one of the the original fault code that is P0440. The car finally completed the EGR System test per Torque OBD2 reader which it could not complete for many weeks due to the fault codes.
When I opened the gas cap a few minutes ago, a whole bunch of air hissed and rushed inside the gas can, so my home made orange sealant gasket was holding a vacuum. Is that a correct assumption?
Waiting for your comment before doing the super glue fix.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 AT 3:38 PM