Fuel
Fuel: 8 pieces on carscan.app — what it means, what to look at in the live data and where to start. Open and free, no app needed.

The fuel gauge lies: codes P0460, P0461, P0462, P0463
You filled the tank and the needle did not move — or it drops in jumps. Usually a stuck float in the tank, but there is an unpleasant consequence peop
6 September 20264 min

Lean and rich mixture: P2177, P2187, P2195 vs P0171
These codes do not merely say «the mixture is wrong» — they say where and when: at idle or under revs, on bank one or bank two. That detail cuts the s
6 September 20264 min

Injectors: codes P0201-P0204 and P0261-P0263
The code names the cylinder — and that is half the job done. How to tell a dead injector from a broken wire without removing anything.
6 September 20262 min

Fuel pressure: codes P0087, P0088 and P0089
The car jerks under load and dies on a climb. How to tell a tired pump from a blocked filter and from the sensor simply lying.
6 September 20263 min

Fault codes after an LPG conversion: what they mean
Fitted LPG and the light came on. Usually the engine is not broken — the two systems are not agreeing. Which codes are expected and which are not.
5 September 20264 min

Bad fuel: telling from the live data
The car got worse after a fill-up. Here is how to tell bad fuel from coincidence.
5 September 20263 min

The fuel cap: codes P0455, P0442 and P0457
Three codes whose culprit costs nothing in a third of cases and is fixed by hand in five seconds.
3 September 20262 min

Fault code P0171: where to start
«System too lean» is the most common entry in the engine memory. The cause is almost never the part people suspect first.
2 September 20262 min