Hello all, can I take my charcaol canister off....will something happen if it comes out. I know it connects to the oil filler tube, can I pulg it or put breather.

you can put a breather, but the charcoal caniister alos vents the gas tank, so you have to do something with that.



mike

How come you want to take it off - does it affect performance? Can't see how . . .



J

I was just wondering if it did or not. Does it do anything for performance?.....if it doesn't, then i 'll leave it alone. Thanks

its doesnt affect performance



mike

That depends if I can remember correctly,I want to wait till Directfreak gets his cosmo FB running and see if anything wierd happens to it.He pulled his canister off and plugged the lines.I hate that stupid canister.

yah, you have to vent it somewhere



mike

Just think of it as a gas filter for your air. It stores Fuel vapors from your crankcase

and your gas tank. Then, when you start the engine it draws them from your canister

and burns the vapors.



Granted the Quantity of fuel lost is relatively small, but as my screen-name suggests,

these things are kinda/sort-of important to me.

DO NOT PLUG IT, i just ran a hose from the vent side under the car. but do not plug it, ive heard of dangerous pressure building up before, with not so very good results. it basiclly vents your gas tank.

yes, and on pre cannister cars they use a vented gas cap



mike

Thanks for the info

yes i can personally vouch for that. during the summer you will build up alot of pressure in the fuel tank especailly after you shut the engine off.



another reason not to plug is you will also build vacuum. in cool temps or on long trips, as fuel is used, you will create enough vacuum to overcome your fuel pump and your engine will run real bad and eventually stall.

yes, i have a friend who has no face now, because his charcoal canister was blocked, he disconnected the canister one hot summer day and had a cigarette in his mouth....

Theres a pretty picture..... :puke:

has no nose and an IQ now of a five year old, granted it wasnt on an RX-7, but still, dont block it buddy just run a hose pointing down to the ground away from everything, near the tire perhaps, mines similar.

I was thinking of pulling it on the turbo project once I get a car to do it on and just run a K&N breather filter on it.Sure beats that god awfull canister.