While driving from San Francisco to LA last week, the Check Engine Light came on while I was going up the Grapevine (long hill). It was a hot day, temperature outside was around 105F. The things that came to mind first were O2, or EVAP. After the hill, I drove to the closest station to check the oil and fuel up. The oil was ok, but I was unable to put fuel into the tank. The pump at the station just would not engage. To make the long story short, four days later, at a much lower temperature and lower sea level, I was able to fill up the tank. A few miles later, the MIL turned itself off. My guess is the vapor pressure in the tank the cause of these problems. Any of you have these problem before ? and how to deal with the fueling issue when this happened ? Andrew

A long uphill in high heat with the AC on and a load in the car could have caused the tranny fluid to overheat, not the gas tank.

California has those silly nozzles to fill up the car. Some of them just do not work right, otherwise people in Colorado would never be able to tank up their cars. I wouldn't blame the car as much as the station, unless it happens a lot.

Klaus
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Always willing to listen, just not able to take direction.