Lunchtime here in the UK, excellent timing as I can watch this now.

I've said it before but I'll say it again, "Damn I wish you lived in my area". Honest and good mechanics like yourself are hard to come by.

It's the dry, witty humor that keeps me coming back. The expert mechanical knowledge shared with us viewers is the bonus. But the laughs...the laughs are a real treat.

Usually those charcoal canisters go bad when they overfill the tank all the time trying to get in every drop.

Probably the only mechanic on KZfaq where I can sit for 20+ mins and not skip any part of the video. Great work please keep making such great content!

It's ok to tell a customer something doesn't need fixing. That's called honesty, and is precisely how word of mouth referrals happen.

I can't tell you enough how wonderful it is to watch someone work on something who actually cares about quality work. Especially with not taking shortcuts! I wonder if the people in your area have any idea how lucky they are to have a quality, almost professional mechanic, like yourself!

You need a helper. You are an excellent instructor mechanic. You could enrich the life of a young person who is willing to work.

I tell you man every time I watch your channel I learn something new, my own a 2015 GMC Sierra and drive it quite often for my job which is a concrete foreman. I've actually been noticing when I'm at the gas pump the pump will disengage.not saying it's the same problem as what you've got going on but at least it gives me a direction in which to look in, thanks for all your hard work and keep up the great work van your videos are amazing and your knowledge is appreciated.

You should tell that guy how lucky he got with that truck. Tell him to rerustproof to keep it nice. I think that's the first time I have heard admiration from you about someone else's work. You were definitely due a vehicle that wasn't a soup sandwich.

Yeah, that's pretty much rule one on electronic measuring equipment: If it's showing something odd, make sure the measuring equipment itself is working right first. You can go down an extremely long path hunting for things that aren't there because of faulty equipment. We've all been down that road.

the beauty part of OEM parts is they actually fit, unlike dorman and often they work properly

Nice! Always amaze me with the professionalism and dedication to doing it friggin right ... we need more like you Wes!

I think having the ability to diagnose the problem is 75% of being a good modern day mechanic. I’m outdated and useless. I wish we lived closer Wes. Your a man I would trust with my equipment.

Thank you SO MUCH! Perfect timing! I was "attempting" to fill up my wife's Yukon XL and couldn't get it to take fuel. She said "yeah, it's been doing that". Repair is on the way, thanks to you!

One of the things that I learn from watching Wes is how to roll with adversity. Things that would make me throw a wrench across the shop, he just stays positive and rolls with it. That is as valuable as any tool tip. Thanks Wes!

As an Australian I completely relate to working with rusty vehicles. Only yesterday I thought there was rust on the wheel bearing housing on my 20 year old Mitsubishi Pajero. The horror! The humanity! Fortunately a quick dab with a tissue revealed it was just rusty coloured brake dust and once the bolts were cracked loose I could spin them out with my fingers.

Wow, up early Wes!!! Make an appointment with your doctor quickly! Your iron is going to be low from not inhaling enough rust on this repair!!

Hey Wes love your vids. Very intelectual and love how you show your thought process and how you solve the obstacles you encounter

One of the best repair videos I've watched. Very much appreciated!

Appreciate your approach to explaining what's wrong, why as well as what you're going to do to fix it. Along with your commentary. It would be an event if you and Eric O got together to jointly do a video. It would be not only instructional but also I believe extremely entertaining.

I remember how nice it was to work on something that isn't coated in 10 years of North Eastern rust. I usually ended those jobs with a smile.

The shop is looking pretty clean, even with all that work. Thanks for showing a simple way to diagnose the evap.

As always another great video. It’s weird because I hate being at work doing stuff like this, but love watching you do your thing. I do like seeing some the tools you use and have bought a few things because of you,

Found you through DDD. Neil’s channel is one of my favorites. Looking forward to hitting your playlist to possibly build some competence for myself. Thanks

SPC GR&R Statistical process control, Gauge readability and reproducibility. I took that course 20 years ago and as a service technician I still apply it daily. Once again well done! Cant overlook our ability to take measurements and get accurate results.

G'day Wes and greetings from Tasmania Australia, I happened to stumble across your Chanel and I have found it one of the best of watched because it involves all manner of different mechanical problems. Great stuff I have subscribed and look forward to the next instalments, kind regards John

Nice to see your business becoming very deservedly more and more successful. Always better to be overrun with work rather than be sat twiddling your thumbs waiting for work to come in.

Glad to see the word-of-mouth advertising is working for you. Much nicer to be too busy than the opposite. Good call on the test lead, bad when you can't trust the tester. Thanks for sharing

Just did it this morning on a 2003 Chevy Avalanche with P0446 check engine light on. Took me about an hour cause the clips were a PITA to take off. Woulnd't have been able to do this without your help! Thank you

Thank you for doing the p0446 diagnosis I have been having the exact same problem with the exact same code on my 06 and I threw a new vent valve at it which did nothing. I have been too lazy to really dig into diagnosing it so this confirms what I suspected in the first place

Wes, had the same issue on my 2002 Silverado. Set the code for right front wheel sensor. Also abs would come and go, seemed to work ok when truck was first started in the morning, but abs light would come on after driving truck for 10 minutes. Replaced right front sensor with new Ac Delco sensor, but problem was not solved. Long story short, this a fairly common issue for this generation gm truck. Abs control boards were poorly soldered in the abs control module. Usually the issue rises when the truck is ~ 10 years old. Install a rebuilt board and problem solved. Of course the control module for my truck was buried, but other than that issue was easy to resolve once identified. Love your channel and have learned a lot from you to improve my shade tree mechanic skills.

Well done on finding the problem with the testing equipment.

Waiting for part 2 Wes!!! Great job!!

It seems like business at the new place has really picked up - congratulations on that!

Thank you again Wess. Have great day.

Still can't get over how bad the rust is up there. Even with treatment the rust is 1000x worse than down here. God bless Texas!

Wes, “Next time”?!?! So now we have to wait? Now my weekend is ruined because I won’t be able to sleep until the next episode - haha. Glad you figured out the test leads were bad. Those are super important!

Keep going the way you are with various repairs. Thx

After receiving the notification i opened KZfaq as fast as i can.

You should make a video about fixing the welder! I went back and watched all your old videos where you fixed electronics for CNC machines I love that kind of stuff and I think a lot of people find it interesting!!

Great job, good to see your busy.

Awesome that you have part numbers written on the back of your hand!

Hey Wes. Thank you. I’ve got an 02 pathfinder with evap codes I couldn’t clear. Did diagnose a bad fuel pressure sensor, bud still got codes. Saw this video on checking flow on the canister. Helped me figure out had a leak where busted bolts on purge valve was. Hit it with epoxy, and wa-la, no check engine light. Thank you.

It's funny u came up with that charcoal canister issue. I have an 02 tundra v8 keeps saying vent valve and vsv fault. I've replaced both twice but no good. My son keeps saying he thinks canister failed just like the onebin this video. I'll have to do some more diagnosing now that I watched this. SO THANK YOU.

Always interesting Wes thanks for sharing your knowledge

Your explanation skills are great 👍

90,000+ subs! Congratulations 👍

Quick connect fittings, they are far from quick disconnect. Tony, an auto shop teacher 20 years ago taught me that one. Best $ I ever spent was a new canister on my Tahoe. There is not much more frustration then standing outside when its freezing trying to force gas in.

Here's me in Australia, astounded at how corroded that underside is for a 2006 car and wondering if any rust preventative treatment could have helped it. Then you say it's one of the better ones and looks like it's had a treatment!!!! Wow. I'm so glad we don't have snow/salted roads here. My 2008 car is just a bit dirty underneath.

Thanks for the Thursday morning treat!

Thanks Wes, great video, excellent work, nice looking truck. Delighted to see I'm not the only one that keeps the original protective plastic film on the screen of all my electronics, I don't understand people who rip them off. If you can use the item with it still on just leave it there, it prevents scratches, there's nothing worse than a scratch on a screen, it does my head in. Plus trying to fit one of those aftermarket screen protectors is a nightmare, you end up with bubbles or it doesn't line up quite right... #OCD

Wes you are amazingly talented !!! Thanks for the videos

Thanks for the video Wes, hope the pups leg is doing well👍🏻

Watching your videos is my Escape

Always good video, always a thumbs up before I start watching

Hey Wes.... name's Del... empressed with your ability to fix anything....know ya got a computer so ya can look things up.... I don't have a shop....been driving a truck for 30 years...came up with 3 brothers all mechanic....worked on a lot of stuff myself....like your videos ....keep on trucking....

That's one well looked after rig and worked on hope you find some more great to work on vehicles that are looked after all the best to you and your loved ones

Man, I would kill to have a 'Wes' in my area. I generally do my own maintenence but there are plenty of things that are outside my skill level and I definitely know it. I would love to have access to such a talented and honest mechanic.

I bought one of those magnetic lights you use, sure are dang handy. I picked up some Li-Ion batteries from Amazon to always have some fresh ones on hand. When they say "2.5Hrs" battery life, they mean it!

Before changing the charcoal canister you can try to dump a bottle of injector cleaner in the fuel tank and let it sit over night. Next day go fill up the tank. I had a similiar problem with filling up my car. The pump would not give me gas or only if I pressed the handle ever so gently. One bottle of injector cleaner in the tank solved the issue and the problem has yet to come back.

Another great informative video! I'm impressed with your troubleshooting skills, not to mention all of your skills. you have a great deal of knowledge about cars, trucks both big and small, tractors, small engines, electronics, machining etc.. I'm a new subscriber and I've been catching up on many of your past videos. I was watching the one that you revived a polaris four wheeler, in which you said several times that it had a "two cycle engine" I don't know of any engine that has two combustion cycles. Granted a number of equipment manufacturers claim to use "two cycle" engines, there is no such thing. They do however have TWO STROKE engines. It's apparent that you're a very smart guy and this was probably a slip of the tongue. That's it with my nitpicking, so please keep these great videos coming!

The rust jacking up the sensor and loosing the reluctor signal is a classic, there’s a TSB for it. Living in eastern Canada I’ve done hundreds and hundreds when I used to work at the dealer.

Damnit Wes that thing is clean. Chris

Wow! The undercoating actually helped out it seems. 🙂👍 Great video Wes!

Nice truck wes great fault finding kits you have mate 👍👍🔧🔧🔧

Another fine video as always little nicer then replacing leaf springs lol

The charcoal canister plugging/filling is generally is cause by over filling or topping off the fuel tank. Especially on a low mile rig like that.

Great video Wes! Thank you.

On my old Yukon it was that evap solenoid that went out about every 4 months. The first replacement had a lifetime warranty so I just kept swapping them. The biggest part of swapping it was dropping the spare tire with the spare tire hoist. Those things almost never cooperate.

Well I have 05 Silverado and my wheel speed sensor was broke in now I know why my ABS light is on thank you for this video

I guess it's about perspective. Being from Arkansas, i'm amazed at the amount of rust on that pickup. ;)

Great way to start the day!!

Faulty diagnostic equipment can ruin your day fast, nice catch

I've been going through some of your old videos, its been enlightening to see that you're not just a mechanic for cars but a multiskilled fixer of things. Have you any non automotive projects coming up at all Wes??

I've fixed dozens of vehicles with slow gas problems, and P0446. First thing I do is remove the vent valve and remove the lid and dump out the 1/2 cup of fine dirt that's in it. I blow out the lines and the tubes into the vapor canister while wacking it with a screwdriver. I've never replaced a canister except one time when a guy pressurized the tank with air like you did, and exploded the canister! I've repositioned a few vent valves to under the hood where they won't suck as much dust. We all have to drive gravel roads around here and this is a very common problem.

Rust jacking is very common on the wheel speed sensors here in the North. Every year in the Spring summer I'd take mine apart and clean them and put him back together.( 2004 Silverado crew cab)It's quicker then replacing wheel bearings. And in the rust belt will bearings are a pain in the hooha to get out. Really admire your channel , like a good mechanic always check your equipment, i have noticed you drop a few Eric O sayings on your channel. You must be an SMA watcher.lol.. Either way keep up the great work. Personally if I known all the problems these trucks have associated with them I would have kept my 1997 Sierra half ton and rebuilt it ,vs buying a 2004 crew cab Z71. I have owned the truck for 8 years and every year I seemed to put money into it tackling these demons that plague this vehicle.. In my opinion my 1997 was built so much better than this 2004. In my 78 square body is built better then any of them.. thanks for video

Wes enjoy your channel. Had a similar problem a few years ago on a tahoe only difference was when I unhooked the the vent line t was full of charcoal and so were all other lines even the purge all the way to the engine. Not a fun job. enjoyed your troubleshooting.

I bought a 2006 silverado 2500hd in april with 200k on it. It spent it's life in PA. It is cleaner than that underneath, the only rust I was concerned with was the fuel lines from tank to engine. I bought the delco set and replaced them. Then this last weekend I put it on the lift and fluid filmed it. I also had to do a crank relearn on it as it would get misfires and googling found it to be a common problem. Since april it hasn't returned.I paid a little over $8k plus tax because it seemed worth it with a one owner carfax report. I didn't want to spend 30-40 grand or more for a new one in NY.

Great video, I have an 05 GMC 2500 with the same problem filling up the tank. I never drive it so I just dealt with the problem. I guess I will take it in to work and actually do some diagnostics on it haha. I have too many cars 😂

I always encourage people to check their probes before using a Meter or Scope against a known signal. (Your scope probably has a reference signal output on it) I've got myself at it chasing Red Herrings too many times when much younger because of faulty equipment. Hindsight is such an Exact science

That look at a "clean" underbody--for NW IL--really puts a perspective on things. My 11 y/o Escape--all Texas driving--is cleaner that the '06, especially the A arms. Mind, TX does not salt roads. And the last snow/ice event in DFW was in 2014 (the de-ice is a doped denatrured granite).

Watching you track down ABS problems almost makes me want to fix my Silverado's ABS issues. Almost.

Wes, any chance you'd have time to cut into that canister to show whats inside? You know us guys are visual Lol and learn alot by actually seeing the layout inside. Thanks for the extra vids. Really appreciate it

Haha, I just ran into this on the exact same year of truck, could have used this video a couple weeks ago! My wheel speed sensor was the left hand side, but on a positive note, the cruise started working again after it was replaced. For what it's worth, my truck has a quarter million on it, and the solenoid was fine, the canister was the problem, and I did not see loose charcoal falling out.

good catch on test leads

Man you got some good tools and toys 🙂

Awesome video, keep them coming

Love the video. Good camerawork :-)

Excellent mechanic.

another great video. When are you doing Oliver? man what a project that is.

nice one Wes good job you found those dodgy leads

Location location location....the underside of the wasn't bad although I'm in Arizona and out here we don't see the undersides end up looking like that. Either way it still wasn't bad at all considering the age. I'm very new to your channel and I'm really liking it so far and I'm sure it'll end up learning stuff. Keep up the great work and I'll see ya when I see ya.

As a Midwesterner, I scratch my head when people opt to not undercoat their vehicles. That truck was a glorious sight. Ask @Mrs Wes to step up her KZfaq game. Either make cameos on your channel or increase content output on hers please 🤣

Looks like the underside could do with spraying (mustie1 trick) chain bar oil on it. Anyway really enjoyed the video bro. Y'all stay safe

I'm pretty sure your collaboration with Unstoppable was primarily responsible for her reaching 100K subscribers. You'll get there on your own merits.

Ahh. you've placed a preview, getting professional on those videos I see. Keep them coming. Thanks. Heating on the truck fix?

Good Morning from California Wes!

I got a small oil leak, want to visit Texas? Just kidding, great stuff as always!

My 04 Chevy Venture has a abs line that's broken off at the wheel sensor, no abs for me without changing the hub. Guess I don't need abs all that much. Good video