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Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor

Measures the small pressure or vacuum inside the sealed fuel tank, and is the instrument the entire leak-detection strategy depends on. A failed sensor reports leaks on a system that has none, so a leak that repeated smoke testing cannot find is a strong hint that the sensor rather than the system is at fault.

Also known as: ftp sensor, tank pressure sensor, evap pressure sensor, fuel tank pressure

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