dwillms

I keep hearing about the charcoal canister...How do I remove it, and what gain do I get from taking it off?

thanks,
-Daryl

blue88gxl N/A

The charcoal canister is a canister with very fine, very small bits of charcoal...this is connected to your fuel tank and your intake manifold I believe...
The purpose it serves is when fuel vapors form in your fuel take they go to the canister and sit in the charcoal...then I also believe that they go to your intake manifold where it is burned with the rest of the fuel and air..
You gain absolutely no performance gains by taking it out, The only thing that you get by taking it out is a consitently strong fuel odor in the cockpit....so if you like the smell of fuel, and don't mind it eating away at your brain go ahead and take it off..

Just my 2 cents

If I am wrong in any part of this reply please feel free to correct me....

Mykl

Leave it, you gain nothing by removing it.

Basically, vapors from the gas tank go to it. Like when you top off the tank and it's hot out. If you remove it and vapors go that direction you'll smell a lot of gasoline from the front of the car, and I imagine that under the correct circumstances (freak incidence) it could ignite.

At least I think that's what it does. If I'm wrong somebody be kind and shoot me down.

Mykl

*******! You beat me to it!

At least both of our posts were consistent.

Mike W

yeah, and the stupid people who sit at the gas pump that keep clicking the gun to get the very last drop into the tank. all they are doing is overfilling the charcoal canister and messing up the evap system