John Howe Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 Having elected to remove that charcoal canister, are there any do, do or do not, do? For example what happens to the petrol tank breather? JH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Corb Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 My car came with a bit of rubber hose dangling down the inside of the rear wing near the drivers side of the fuel tank. If I was environmentally aware I'd have connected it to a charcoal cannister under the bonnet but I couldn't be bothered. Just plug the hole on the inlet manifold with a tight fitting rubber cap (Mosscap) and remove all the vent hose from the fuel tank except for a short stub venting down to the road well away from any sources of ignition. This may be why 340Rs go up in flame?? (Fuel tank filler almost in engine bay) BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Walker Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 John. if you look under your boot floor you will see a one way valve in the tank vent line, This is a good place to break the line after the valve and just have a lenght of pipe venting out high into the os wheel arch. You can then junk the canister. The SLR has no canister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 John. My 'K' is set up as Rob describes with just a vent pipe + liquid/vapour one way valve in line that then just vents to air. The vapour gets out & air gets in, but the petrol (if tank filled to brim and then car corners fast etc) doesn't get out. I got my valve from Caterham direct as originally it just vented to air & could slosh out fuel from a full tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Howe Posted April 4, 2002 Author Share Posted April 4, 2002 Rob, Chris, thanks for you words of wisdom... Now I know what to do. By the way, can you guys fix dish washers too? JH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted April 4, 2002 Share Posted April 4, 2002 Funny you should say that John as yes, I did fix ours as the hard water had bu****ed some of the seals. Sorted now!!! Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Williams Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 What about the two wires at the top of the canister, do they do anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Day Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 AFAICT the 2 wires connect to the ECU. The ECU opens a valve at certain RPM to "purge" the contents of the canister into the induction system. I suppose one just disconects the wires & secure them somewhere with a ti-wrap. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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