Recently purchased an 03 Discovery II with secondary air injection and I'm getting a p0453 fuel tank pressure sensor high fault code. The problem being that 03-04 Disco IIs with secondary air don't come with fuel tank pressure sensors so how am I getting that code? Took it to an independent shop to have the codes scanned and they pulled up the same code. They said that replacing the fuel pump or the ecu might help. Might being the operative word. Before I start throwing parts at this problem, has anybody come across this situation before?

 

Looks like your ECU got replaced with an ECU with programming for SAI.

Get an ECU from the junk yard with non SAI programming.

But then you need to match the ECU to the Body control module and that is not easy.

You may be best to just let it go.
Unless you have a lot of money and time and like frustration.

 

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Engine Code: P0453

Land Rover Engine Code: P0453 = Fuel tank pressure sensor high fault

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That code might be your EVAP. Hard to say. Need to look at rave.

What does this mean?
The Code P0453 indicates that the Evaporative Pressure Sensor is indicating pressure change values that are above specification, during the EVAP Monitor test and/or the operation of the vehicle.


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The evaporative control (EVAP) system captures any raw fuel evaporating from the fuel storage system (e.g. the fuel tank, filler neck, and fuel cap). Under precise operating conditions—dictated by engine temperature, speed, and load—the EVAP system stores and purges these captured fuel vapors back into the combustion process.
The Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor is a device that tracks any positive or negative pressure changes in the Fuel Storage or Evaporative Control (EVAP) system. It constantly relays this pressure information to the Powertrain Control Module (PCM). The Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor is located on top of the Fuel Tank, or on or near the Fuel Pump and Fuel Gauge Module.
Symptoms

 

I can't get a RAVE pdf where I am now.
I would get the Rave.pdf and then look up the code in rave.

 

I do have SAI so I think the ECU was replaced with a non SAI unit. I removed the kick panel and what looks like a replacement ECU was installed, but not bolted down.

I bought an ECU, BCU, and instrument cluster all from the same vehicle with SAI off of ebay, but I'm guessing that if I replace all at the same time I'm going to have to have the key reprogrammed at the dealership.

If it were just a matter of having to live with the check engine light being on I would, but the light being on is an automatic emissions inspection fail in Colorado so I need to take care of it.