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CEL = Loose oil fill cap?

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YOUR RESEARCHCEL = Loose oil fill cap?

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Replace cap

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At lunch raced to local Porsche dealer parts counter and replaced cap. Problem solved.
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Leading evidence: 'Replace cap' (1 discussions report resolution; 0 report an unsuccessful attempt). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Replace cap' (1 discussions). For that action, 1 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. The most frequently reported fix is 'Replace cap', supported by resolution reports in 1 discussions. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace mass air flow sensor

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Finally replaced MAF.
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Replace oil

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I did change my oil yesterday but the light was on 5 days previous.
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Replace replacement maf

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Suggestion
On a hunch dug up original old one and used it to replace the replacement MAF.
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Replace cap

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Reported fix
At lunch raced to local Porsche dealer parts counter and replaced cap. Problem solved.
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Replace mass air flow sensor

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Finally replaced MAF.
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CEL = Loose oil fill cap?

Replace oil

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Suggestion · Original poster
I did change my oil yesterday but the light was on 5 days previous.
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CEL = Loose oil fill cap?

Replace replacement maf

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On a hunch dug up original old one and used it to replace the replacement MAF.
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Reported fix
At lunch raced to local Porsche dealer parts counter and replaced cap. Problem solved.
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CEL came back on.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Ever hear of a CEL from a loose oil fill cap? I've an intermittant CEL for the past 5 months. Any ideas?

POST 2 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I had the local P dealer bleed the brakes today and had them check out the CEL. I did change my oil yesterday but the light was on 5 days previous. Coulda swore I had the cap on tight.

POST 3Original post

loose oil cap will cause the engine to see a vacum leak, and run lean triggering the light. 100% plauasble and I see it often

POST 4Original post

Quotes source post: 6577845

and sometimes adaptation at rich limit, sometimes at lean limit. Finally replaced MAF. Original MAF had way over 100,000 miles. CEL came back on. MAF replaced for nothing. Had engine running at idle and trunk open. Co-worker heard air leak -- I'm hard of hearing -- and wiggled cap. That was it. Cap *tight* but loose nonetheless and leaking. At lunch raced to local Porsche dealer parts counter and replaced cap. Problem solved. Side note: Replacement MAF finally started acting up. On a hunch dug up original old one and used it to replace the replacement MAF. This time MAF was the problem and the original MAF worked just fine and with just I don't know how many miles on it -- car has just over 219K miles -- original MAF still working just fine. Sincerely, Macster.

POST 5Original post

It happened to me once, the filler cap wasn't tight and triggered the warning.

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