Hi,

I finally found the Purge valve...
I checked the purge valve....found that the terminals were corroded...
I cleaned the terminals...chkd the voltage at the connector..( 11.75 V)
Connected and checked again...Now with the switch turned on w/o the engine started the purge valve was not operational even though there was voltage at the connectors. I started the engine and after sometime the purge valve started ticking... I shut the engine...restarted...same...The purge valve started working after some time....Is this how it suposed to be...?
Or should it start working the moment you switch on the ignition?
Now that the purge valve started working I went about resetting the Check Engine Light.... Tried AZ...they said they cannot...So disconnected the battery for a couple of mins...and lo and behold...the CEL was reset..
Drove the car for an hour...The light hasn't come up yet...
If the fault still exists how long would it take for the CEL to come on again..??