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by RobsRV
Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:23 pm
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

Re: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks

I have a smoke tester now, The question is, where is a good place to hook it up? I have seen a video where the guy hooked it on the brake booster vacuum line, but this van a 2011 Chevrolet Express G3506 has no vacuum-assisted brake booster. What a pain it was to get the engine cover off had to pull ...
by RobsRV
Tue Apr 01, 2025 10:35 am
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

Re: Smog test

Thanks, MoutainMan Joe you know your stuff More to the story, I hadn't driven the van, which happens to be an RV, for 5 months, and the battery was dead and unrecoverable. I replaced it and drove the RV for about 30 miles with no check engine light. Then when I took it in for smog, the guy said you'...
by RobsRV
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:15 pm
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

Re: Smog test

Thanks for the input MountainManJoe
by RobsRV
Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:08 am
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

Re: Smog test

2011 Chevrolet Express G3506.0L V8 SFI OHV 16V. 32,755 miles If I don't see a leak, I think it's possible a faulty purge valve from what I have read
by RobsRV
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:30 am
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

Re: Smog test

I had no check engine light until he hooked up his computer my question is could he have done something to screw things up with a (scan tool with bidirectional controls) I might take it to another place maybe the Chevy dealer to check the ECM. In an article, I read the guy used his scan tool with bi...
by RobsRV
Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:44 pm
Forum: Express & Savana - General
Topic: P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks
Replies: 11
Views: 179

P0171 P0174 Fuel Trim System Lean both banks

I took my RV in for a smog test and the guy hooked up what appeared to be a(scan tool with bidirectional controls), and lo and behold, I have a check engine light I didn't have before. Is it possible for someone to use a bidirectional scan tool to for example, set your purge valve open or change oth...