Oldsmobile/Buick Repair: DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?, gas vapors, cutlas


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I HAVE A 1996 CUTLAS WITH A 3.1 AND I USED ON OF THOSE PLUG IN COMPUTERS AND THE CODE CAME UP SYSTEM FLOW DURING NON PURGE CAME UP. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS PLEASE? THANK YOU
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what was the CODE NUMBER ?.THE CODE NUMBER IS  P1441


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The fuel vapor canister PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID is either defective and or there is a wiring problem to it from the vehicles computer.

What it means is that the gas vapors from the fuel tank were being purged into the engine when it should NOT have been doing so.


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