Charcoal cannister removal?

[Micko]

What does this involve?

What needs to be done?

All this is hypothetical of course because I understand it has something to do with emissions & is therefore illegal to remove;)

[rev210]

mike,

The charcoal canister has a breather pipe that goes back to the fuel tank and a couple of pipes at the top that draw from the manifold.

You can simply block all the pipes. The only drawback is the fuel tank may make noises when opening it (not dangerous).

(many cars have had this canister since the 70's as a polution control device) all the performance cars I've owned I had the canister disconnected .

[akeenan]

pardon my ignorance but what are the benefits of disconnecting it?

[DAMQIK GTS-T]

The benifits are one air less leak to the inlet manafold there is a little performance gain not much tho, I'd imagine the fuel tank would no longer see turbo boost.

more room under the bonnet if the container is removed all together.

removal/disconect dosent affect emisions measureable at the tailpipe as the idea of it is to take fumes off the top of the fuel tank and stop the tank Pressurizing.

if you leave it venting to atmo & cut and block the pipes going to the inlet the tank wont make that funny noise when opening.

[akeenan]

thanks

[Micko]

Thanks for your input guys

[PSIKO]

Micko, a couple of people I've spoken to said that this is the first thing police look for, and that they do know what/where they go; mainly since it's emissions control

not sure of the fines, and not sure if this is true as I haven't been pulled over before

At the same time, I can't really see much of a performance gain from it, since from what I can see it's all from the plenum, and whether the air goes down the pipes to the carbon canister or with a blocked pipe, shouldn't make by any means a detrimental effect on anything

just make sure you plug up the hoses if you do remove it

[Guest INASNT]

Originally posted by PSIKO

Micko, a couple of people I've spoken to said that this is the first thing police look for, and that they do know what/where they go; mainly since it's emissions control

not sure of the fines, and not sure if this is true as I haven't been pulled over before

At the same time, I can't really see much of a performance gain from it, since from what I can see it's all from the plenum, and whether the air goes down the pipes to the carbon canister or with a blocked pipe, shouldn't make by any means a detrimental effect on anything

just make sure you plug up the hoses if you do remove it

First thing the cops and the epa look for.

Also if its disconnected permanantly then u will get petrol fume smell coming in the car when u are reversing and when u r stationary

[Xeron]

Its like disconnecting the EGR system on cars.

(i mean its really a useless act, good for copping u a yellow or a fine, not much else)

[Micko]

Guys - I dont want to get rid of it for performance reasons, it's just that it's in the way of the cold air box I wanna make.

Might have to look at relocating it to the other side of the engine methinks.

Thanks for your help ppl:)