Diagnosing the Check Engine Light in my Car with ChatGPT

Diagnosing the Check Engine Light in my Car with ChatGPT
Photo by Craig Cameron / Unsplash

I need to take an emissions test for my car. The check engine light was on and I went and read the code at O'Reilly Auto Parts Store months ago. Most every auto parts store franchise will offer a free service where the clerk walks out to your car and uses an OBD2 scanner to read what code the check engine is throwing. I took a picture of the code and forgot about it:

Evaportive Emission System Leak Detected! Oh no, what does that mean? Sounds serious.

I did a quick google search about that engine code and what it meant. Ended up on the following page:

I'm not entirely sure I understand the extent of what an EVAP system does but I got a sense of the range of how severe the problem could be.

Seems like gas is leaking somewhere, but where?

I wondered how far I could get with having ChatGPT assist me. So that's what I tried out!