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Should I replace the canister purge valve or the canister? How do I know which one is bad? Where are they located if there's a diagram and a part number that would be great.

Vehicle: 2003 infiniti m45 v8 4.5

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the evap canister is under the car, near the trunk (it will have one platic cover being held by 10mm bolts)

P0455- check/tighten gas cap first. (if the rub seal has cracks on it replace the gas cap with a OEM part)

 

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possible causes:

EVAP canister vent control valve
EVAP control system pressure sensor
and the circuit
Blocked rubber tube to EVAP canister
vent control valve
Water separator
EVAP canister is saturated with water
Vacuum cut valve
 
 
P0455
possible causes:
 
-Fuel filler cap remains open or fails to
close.
-Incorrect fuel tank vacuum relief valve
-Incorrect fuel filler cap used
-Foreign matter caught in fuel filler cap.
-Leak is in line between intake manifold
and EVAP canister purge volume control
solenoid valve.
-Foreign matter caught in EVAP canister
vent control valve.
-EVAP canister or fuel tank leaks
-EVAP purge line (pipe and rubber tube)
leaks
-EVAP purge line rubber tube bent.
-Blocked or bent rubber tube to EVAP
control system pressure sensor
-Loose or disconnected rubber tube
-EVAP canister vent control valve and the
circuit
-EVAP canister purge volume control solenoid
valve and the circuit
-Fuel tank temperature sensor
-O-ring of EVAP canister vent control
valve is missing or damaged.
-EVAP control system pressure sensor
-Refueling control valve
-ORVR system leaks

 

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