Well, I bought my car about a year ago, its a 1985 gsl. Apparently the owner before had some problems with flooding in the winter due to the charcoal canister so he disconnected it, he said that some mechanic told him it wouldnt hurt to disconnect it, so when i got the car the charcoal canister (clogged i assume) was just sitting there with both hoses dangling, i decided to yank it out since it wasnt even connected. From what ive read, the canister just filtered out excess gas fumes so they werent vented into the environment, is this true? Does the canister serve any other purpose other than filtering the air? Do the hoses have to be attached so theres the proper vacuum or pressure in the lines? My car also occasionally smells like gasoline, I know I have an exhaust leak and it could very well be coming from the exhaust, but could this also potentially add to the problem? Any help would be great

 

no purpose...rip it out along with all your other emissions junk

 

haha sweet, everything else is gone

 

Smells like gasoline? Yeah, that's probably cuz your canister isn't there anymore.

 

To my knowledge the charcoal cannister should have nothing to do with a flooding problem or otherwise performance issue.
The charcoal serves an emmisions function for evaporative emissions control preventing gas nasties (VOC'S) from venting to the atmosphere. The charcoal serves to adsorb the VOC's and render them inert. The charcoal should not go bad in our lifetimes, either.

There is really no advantage to removing it.

 

 

^yea totally emissions just shortens the life of your rotary

 

Care to elaborate on the hypothesis that the charcoal cannister shortens the life of a rotary?

 

Its ugly... so it must be bad.


right?

 

its serves a purpose, it keeps gasoline fumes out of your engine bay, and we all know thaat its the FUMES of gas that is flamible, not the luquid
and it also keeps the gas smell from getting into the cabin, i would put it back on if i were you

 

I don't feel safe driving a car that constantly smells of fuel vapor, so I would leave it in. Simple as that.

 

Well if i should have it back on, is there anyway i could unclog the one i have, or test it to see if its fine....i took it off a while ago and its been sitting in my back yard. If it was to be clogged is there anway that this can be fixed or what should i do. I dont like the gasoline smell either but since when i got it it wasnt attached anyway I didnt know it made a difference.

 

Just a WAG, but if the canister can be opened (never looked at one myself), you might be able to replace the charcoal. Assuming it's not in some special packaging, possibly charcoal used for things like fish tank filters might work? I believe you can buy that by the bag at a pet shop. Again, just a wild *** guess.

 

if ur worried id just get a new canister from a junkyard... its not like they are a hot selling item

 

Ya know I just disconnected mine. I actually put a little tiny air filter on the motor where the line was originally connected. Now I have noticed that filter is soaked with oil? and alot of oil?/fuild has run down the side of the block and is noticably on the ground under the car at that spot? Seem like alot more than fumes?

Is that an indication of another problem with my car?

Jon