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    charcoal canister?

    Hi!

    I'm double checking all my vacuum lines, and while the ones by the firewall all look good, there's a set of lines that are all badly dry rotted.
    A couple weeks ago someone on this forum told me they went to the charcoal canister, I traced more thoroughly, and yup-- there was a canister thingy under the battery.

    There's a line going from the intake to the canister, then a line that goes from the canister to a steel line on a frame rail... and as it's really not convenient for me to get this up on jacks right now, I couldn't trace it further.

    Where does the steel line going to (or from) the charcoal canister lead to?
    Reason I ask is that I've got idling issues and I'm looking for any vacuum leaks I might have created in doing my engine swap. Where does that other line from the canister go? If it is at all related to the exhaust or engine at that point, there's a definite chance I disconnected it. If it goes to the fuel tank... actually, that kinda would make sense... then it's alright. I'll be replacing the rubber lines anyway, but I'd doubt they're my problem.
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    yeah, forget this thread. The more I think about what a charcoal canister is and does, the more that line just has to go back to the fuel tank and nothing I would have messed with!
    When I replace the rubber lines, I might get low pressure fuel line, maybe it'll hold up better than whatever was used originally.

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      #3
      Yeah back to the fuel tank.
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        #4
        hey, do I ever need to change out the charcoal in that canister as a service item?
        activated charcoal in a fishtank gets pissed in, and needs changing regularly: but fuel is relatively clean, might be that 20 yr old charcoal is still OK.
        Or it might not be, and I should change it out

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          #5
          Originally posted by BerniniCaCO3 View Post
          hey, do I ever need to change out the charcoal in that canister as a service item?
          activated charcoal in a fishtank gets pissed in, and needs changing regularly: but fuel is relatively clean, might be that 20 yr old charcoal is still OK.
          Or it might not be, and I should change it out
          The only time I've seen them changed is if they've been damaged, or flooded with liquid fuel.

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