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Hyundai Sonata – EVAP Leak – FOLLOW UP

   November 28, 2025  26 Comments on Hyundai Sonata – EVAP Leak – FOLLOW UP

Follow up to a previous diagnosis on a Hyundai Sonata. Video can be seen here https://youtu.be/kABvo_de9Gs?si=tYBRRgsZp71iR21N
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26 thoughts on “Hyundai Sonata – EVAP Leak – FOLLOW UP”

  6. I wonder how much extra it would cost to use a stainless steel lock ring or at least a galvanized one? Probably $.10-0.20 extra to save the owner hundreds of dollars in labor and parts. But because that money comes out of the OEM they're unlikely to ever make the change, such a waste of resources and human effort.

  11. Thanks for the follow-up! I've got a '12 Kia Optima (essentially the same car) that's throwing very-small-leak evap codes again a year after having the canister replaced; now I know where to connect my smoke machine, and that if it's the fuel pump it's probably at the "pay to make it someone else's problem" level 😀

    (I'd take it back to the guy who did the canister—you've gotta drop the exhaust to do that and I'm not equipped to handle getting exhaust bolts off a 12-year-old NY/CT car—but I actually had to complain to the state to get him to send me an invoice so I could pay him. I mean, if you've got a customer saying "please send me the bill so I can give you money, I would like to pay you in full" for two months after the customer has the car back, and you STILL can't write it up until a state inspector calls you to ask "what the heck?" you've got some problems…)

  13. I think it's funny as hell you throw in the trust issue comments on every video. Basically saying you do it ethically your way to the haters and you don't care what they think. I think a montage of off camera torquing to factory specification would be hilarious. You are the best Eric. Thanks for the entertainment.

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