I have a 09 RKC Ca edition with the CA-required evap charcoal canister and purge solenoid. But I decided to bypass it due to other issues, and I now have it plummed just like a non-CA bike. As of now, I have the solenoid and charcoal canister capped off with vacuum caps, although the purge solenoid is still plugged in. But I'd really like to completely remove those 2 items. The canister is simple enough to remove without issue, but the purge solenoid has wires going to it via a plug.

What I'm trying to find out, is if anyone knows for a certaintly weather or not the bike will throw DTC's if I disconnect the purge solenoid. I don't want to disconnect it, remove it, and then have codes pop up later, only to have to reinstall the purge solenoid.

 

Anyone???

 

if you unplug it the ecm wont see a feed back from the purge solenoid....AND if you leave it in and the ecm request purge it wont see map sensor movement and will set a evap leak dtc

 

Any better answers out here. Is there a way to bypass the solenoid without sticking a metal wire through the pins? I looked in my schematic and one of the wires are connected or other parts also

 

for 49 state models the solenoid just isn;t there- and we have a cap on the vacuum port on the throttle body.

try unplugging the solenoid and let's see if the ecm is programmed to see feedback.

( check engine light, trouble codes- clear codes first so you don;t call up historic codes)

in many cases the ecm doesn;t get any feedback from actuators such as the solenoid.

Mike

 

Hey guys. I was having a fuel smell from the side cap on my canister. I disconnected the wire to the solenoid but left everything else connected. And didnt have any lights come on yet

 

Also talking to some buddies of mine at shops. 90% of the evap canisters arent hooked up. And if it is it will be disconnected when you do a stage1. So dont think you need to worry