Yes I do want to save money (as I am not made of it); I did find a thread that gave the location of the purge valve as well as the part # so today I will attempt to see if I can check the purge valve.
Read all the prior threads but still a little frustrated as this appears to be common occurrence on a number of forums, reddit, etc. - my CIL came on the day after an oil change @ 36,400 miles and Ford was like sure bring it in for a $200 diagnostic. So I decided to hold off as the CIL went...