Removing charcoal canister....

[cliokongen]

Looking into getting rid of this charcoal canister thing...
But what exactly is involved?
Which hoses and vacuum pipes should be blocked or removed?

Michael

[summeh]

bung the vacuum pipe and fuel breather pipe with a big bolt. was also gonna say i dont think it'll pass the MOT without it, but seeing as your in denmark not sure on the rules there.

[cliokongen]

Thanks...

Is it really that simple... hmm...
Will this affect venting of the fuel tank in anyway?

Got any pictures?

Michael

[kj16v]

Yeah it will. Leave the pipes open

[number1]

Mines disconnected at the moment, didnt have enough union's on the manifold to connect it back up after hybrid installation, whats the pro's and con's of disconnecting it? Apart from weight lost when removing it

[cliokongen]

I'm a bit confused now - to bung the lines or leave them open...

Main reason for removing this in my case is cooling air access for the brakes. Weight loss is secondary for me.

Michael

[summeh]

The cup cars are permitted to "relocate" the charcoal canister to allow for the brake ducts to be fitted. so you just need a custom bracket made up to hand the canister up higher.

[stan]

Just ditch it.... :D

[alex_e3]

What are these canisters for by the way?!!

[Lunner]

They filter fuel vapours, its only attached to a breather pipe for the fuel tank, if you remove the hose back to the tank it might be an idea to fit a roll over valve that closes off when the car's inverted to prevent fuel spillage??