Check Fuel Fill Inlet Ford Escape

July 4 2016 10 08pm 1.

Check fuel fill inlet ford escape. Check fuel inlet message came on. It sends the check fuel inlet message for you to check the most likely place that it would be. At about 36 500 mi. 2012 ford escape check fuel fill inlet light.

Not all vehicles are equipted with the check fuel inlet cap message in their cluster. Of course after checking it it seemed fine. The twisting force could have caused movement in the fuel filler pipe and the attaching hose. They ran a diagnostic test on it said i needed a new fuel inlet but.

Over time the spring inside the neck that is attached to the flap will become weak and cause the flap to not seal. I took escape into a ford shop in early july b c the service engine soon symbol and the check fuel inlet message was on. The check fuel inlet indicator means that the ecm has detected a pressure leak in your escape s fuel tank. The fix to this is replacing the fuel filler inlet neck.

The message center would warn me to check the fuel fill inlet after filling up. That was repaired under warranty. The 2010 ford escape has 3 problems reported for. And now both the check engine light and check fuel fill inlet message are illuminated.

I would shove the funnel provided in the inlet and after several driving cycles the message would go away. It was not the first time the first time i was told there was dust or dirt in there and they cleaned it out and was ok. 2010 escape 4cyl 40 000 mi. Driving the other day my check engine light came on with the warning listed above.

I would leak when i overfilled the tank. Far and away the most common reason for this problem is that the fuel cap itself is missing not tightened enough or damaged in some way.