Code P2418, then failed PCM?
02-21-2024, 04:38 PM
#21
Senior Member
If anybody comes across this thread in the future... here is some insight to when I finally got around to doing mine.
I thought about pulling the bed off, thinking it would be easier to access, but that would have been incorrect. I changed course on that after stripping out the very last bed bolt and still couldn't get it off after drilling out and using tons of penetrate to try and loosen.
Anyway... I was able to lower the tank just a few inches, so no need to drop completely and mess with the filler neck, etc. I used my floor jack and a price of wood to lower it and hold it in place, while I was able to squeeze up into the crevice to disconnect the line. That's when I realized it is sandwiched between the tank and frame, so pulling the bed off would not have worked without lowering the tank to clear the frame as well. You do need to lower just enough to slide the connection ends thru.
The clips that hold the line to the tank are what gave me the most problem. Not only tight as hell, but also because not able to get any leverage from the position I was in to pull them, and same when pushing the new line back in. Eventually got it all done, and all is well now after about a year or so.
I thought about pulling the bed off, thinking it would be easier to access, but that would have been incorrect. I changed course on that after stripping out the very last bed bolt and still couldn't get it off after drilling out and using tons of penetrate to try and loosen.
Anyway... I was able to lower the tank just a few inches, so no need to drop completely and mess with the filler neck, etc. I used my floor jack and a price of wood to lower it and hold it in place, while I was able to squeeze up into the crevice to disconnect the line. That's when I realized it is sandwiched between the tank and frame, so pulling the bed off would not have worked without lowering the tank to clear the frame as well. You do need to lower just enough to slide the connection ends thru.
The clips that hold the line to the tank are what gave me the most problem. Not only tight as hell, but also because not able to get any leverage from the position I was in to pull them, and same when pushing the new line back in. Eventually got it all done, and all is well now after about a year or so.
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