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!Cruzer! · 07-30-2009, 05:06 PM

Good news Gary. I spoke to Bruce as well and after we carried out a new fix i was working out it seems to have worked - he called me to let me know 1 and a bit months and he hasnt had the lights come back on.

**Swingshiftworker** · 07-31-2009, 09:53 AM

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!Cruzer! previously said:

Good news Gary. I spoke to Bruce as well and after we carried out a new fix i was working out it seems to have worked - he called me to let me know 1 and a bit months and he hasnt had the lights come back on.

What's the "new" fix, Ben? I'm still getting codes on mine.

Q8_FJ · 08-02-2009, 12:43 AM

i know my setup is a bit different but yet still the same extra tank i use to get the codes always when i fill the tank all the way to the top the some time i keep pumping tell i get it round up to the next & like if the pump is 21.75$ i`ll keep abusing the pump to get it to 22$ but i stopped that for couple of months now and i didn't get any codes nor any problems well basically the FJ computer had to accept the extra tank weather he like it or no it must be installed and used !! Good Luck guys The FJ it is a nice off road vehicle BUT you have to have Patience for it !

**Swingshiftworker** · 08-02-2009, 12:09 PM

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i know my setup is a bit different but yet still the same extra tank i use to get the codes always when i fill the tank all the way to the top the some time i keep pumping tell i get it round up to the next & like if the pump is 21.75$ i`ll keep abusing the pump to get it to 22$ but i stopped that for couple of months now and i didn't get any codes nor any problems well basically the FJ computer had to accept the extra tank weather he like it or no it must be installed and used !! Good Luck guys The FJ it is a nice off road vehicle BUT you have to have Patience for it !

I get codes usually after I refill, but I don't overfill the tanks. When I see the aux tank gauge hit "F", I stop and the needle will still "float" after I leave the gas station which means it hasn't topped out.

I've also had my tank for over 15 months, but the codes persist. So, I think that I've been pretty patient about the code problem. It's an annoyance that doesn't affect performance, but it would be "nice" to get rid of the codes once and for all after all this time. This is separate and apart from the early click off and "slow fill" problem caused by the restrictive nature of the aux tank fill tube, which has always been a problem as well.

In the meantime, I continue to carry my OBDII reader in the tool compartment and just haul it out and hook it up whenever the codes return and stand patiently at the pump building up my grip strength while refilling the last 5-10 gals in the aux tank.

Q8_FJ · 08-03-2009, 12:19 AM

Swingshiftworker you getting the same codes p0442 & p0455?
i found in th begining of my problem all of these codes are reading because of the canister it was filled with gas so afte rthe problem was resolved it kept givin me error codes until i think it was dried out by it self and now works fine maybe the only problem i sometimes get now is the build up pressure from my both tanks.

**Swingshiftworker** · 08-03-2009, 10:15 AM

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Swingshiftworker you getting the same codes p0442 & p0455?

I don't even bother reading the codes.

Before I got the OBDII reader, I just disconnected the battery to reset the PCM. I read them once after I got the OBDII reader and I think I listed them in this thread somewhere, but haven't bothered reading them since then.

Q8_FJ · 08-04-2009, 04:01 AM

Yes since it is the same you are right why bother reading the codes. but hope it fade away and never come back same as what happened to me no more codes thank god

CactusJK · 08-04-2009, 08:54 AM

I never get codes in the summers here in AZ. Only when the weather starts cooling off at night when the temperature swings are sometimes 50 degrees.

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Yes since it is the same you are right why bother reading the codes. but hope it fade away and never come back same as what happened to me no more codes thank god

**nevadaesh** · 08-04-2009, 09:49 AM

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I never get codes in the summers here in AZ. Only when the weather starts cooling off at night when the temperature swings are sometimes 50 degrees.

That's interesting. I'm going to have to keep that in mind when the weather starts to cool.

tbone57 · 08-04-2009, 08:29 PM

OK so with all the ongoing issues with the aux tank, What is your oppinion? As a new FJ owner (still waiting for my ordered 2010 to arrive) I love the idea of a aux tank for the FJ. The LOOK of the man-a-free tank is second to none. But I still sit on the fence. So the BIG question is, IS IT WORTH IT?