q about charcoal canister
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the charcoal canister is part of the emissions and it keeps the fuel smell and stuff out of the air it is what most stuff in the car is vented too.its kinda like an air purifier so we dont harm the preciouse ozone
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The charcoal canister is also part of the stock PCV system. If you've eliminated all that, then the pipe on the firewall is just sitting there and doing nothing. So yes, you can remove it.
However I don't see why people take apart these systems. The PCV is needed to keep nasty vapours from building in the crankcase, and the charcoal canister captures fuel vapours created in the tank. If you open vent these systems you have a car that will reek like fuel and either have to run an oil catch can or put up with the filler neck puking oil vapour all over the engine.
However I don't see why people take apart these systems. The PCV is needed to keep nasty vapours from building in the crankcase, and the charcoal canister captures fuel vapours created in the tank. If you open vent these systems you have a car that will reek like fuel and either have to run an oil catch can or put up with the filler neck puking oil vapour all over the engine.
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Aaron, can I have your brain please? :P Well, another question. Where would be a good convenient place to relocate the charcoal canister to make it look "cleaner" inside the bay? I guess I just have to trial and error it.
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you might be able to find another smaller charcoal canister from the junkyard to use. Or have two. One tuck in the rear of the car, and then something for the PCV.
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I removed my charcoal canister and removed the hard lines on the firewall. Now there's a rubber hose just hanging there next to my fuel lines. If I dont want my car to reek of gas or risk having gas vapours come into contact with the extreme heat that a turbo rotary produces. What can I do about that ? Should I just cap the rubber hose shut ?
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you shuold put it back on.
What was your reason for removing it? It obviously wasn't cosmetic if you have rubber hoses just hanging out.
Put it back, or come up with a GOOD reason to remove it.
What was your reason for removing it? It obviously wasn't cosmetic if you have rubber hoses just hanging out.
Put it back, or come up with a GOOD reason to remove it.
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I removed it because I thought it was part of the emission removal procedure. And I threw away the rats nest and sold the charcoal canister on this forum. So NOW what do I do about that hose.
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What else would you do? **** you got two options
Catch can
Get another charcoal canister
hmm which one would be smartest to go with, oh that requires a brain
What else would you do? **** you got two options
Catch can
Get another charcoal canister
hmm which one would be smartest to go with, oh that requires a brain
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I've got a quick question.
I've been trying to track down a gas smell. I don't have any gas leaking out of the fuel system. I replaced all the rubber fuel lines, checked for leaks. But I smell gas on start up, at idle, and after the car has warmed up and been driven. I do have 800cc secondaries and havent' added any extra fuel control yet. Secondaries only open up after 3500 RPMs or such though correct?
My charcoal canister is venting to open air from a hose out of the bottom of it. Is this the correct setup?
Is it possible for the charcoal canister to get saturated over time and stop working? If time permits I may do a temp soda can replacement, see if it helps or hurts my stink problem.
I've been trying to track down a gas smell. I don't have any gas leaking out of the fuel system. I replaced all the rubber fuel lines, checked for leaks. But I smell gas on start up, at idle, and after the car has warmed up and been driven. I do have 800cc secondaries and havent' added any extra fuel control yet. Secondaries only open up after 3500 RPMs or such though correct?
My charcoal canister is venting to open air from a hose out of the bottom of it. Is this the correct setup?
Is it possible for the charcoal canister to get saturated over time and stop working? If time permits I may do a temp soda can replacement, see if it helps or hurts my stink problem.