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twotoneae86
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(12/16/03 1:10 am)
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charcoal canister
whats does the charcoal canister do? ive always thought it filter gas fumes or something along those lines. does it ever need to be replaced?
Danny.
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604trueno
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(12/16/03 2:32 pm)
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iuno
umm, i'm lost....
are you talking about a catalic converter?
never heard of charcoal canister...
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GTSSportCoupe
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(12/16/03 2:52 pm)
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Re: iuno
I don't think they ever need to be replaced. I think they just convert fumes from the gas tank into something more environmentally friendly.
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joey jo jo
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(12/16/03 2:54 pm)
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Re: iuno
I'm curious too. I've heard that it basically cleans the fresh gas fumes that hover around from the tank, making them safer for the environment. I took mine off on an old Subaru and noticed nothing.
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twotoneae86
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(12/16/03 3:35 pm)
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Re: iuno
i have also heard that over filling your tank will cause gas to settle in it. is this true? i alway try to get as much gas in
Danny.
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yeeaaahh
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(12/16/03 4:15 pm)
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Re: iuno
Charcoal canisters are only supposed to store fumes from your tank until you start your engine. Then the fumes are drawn into your engine and burned. Thats it. Charcoal is used because it won't react with the gasoline fumes. They rarely need to be replaced and if it was ever to fail, you probably never would notice.
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MarcoDsr5
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(12/16/03 7:52 pm)
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Re: iuno
www.autoshop101.com/forms/h62.pdf
Amazing what reading can do to dismiss theories and rumours.
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ae86boy
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(12/16/03 11:28 pm)
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Re: iuno
While I didn't read marco's link in his post...
My charcoal canister hit the trash can the second I did my engine swap. The car has run swiss since with no problems. In fact, for various reasons my fuel economy on my car is up some 20% over my previous fuel-sipping 4ag, getting some 38mpg in city driving. I can't wait 'till spring so I can take her for a rip to banff and back on all the backroads.
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Pentavalver
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(12/20/03 2:37 am)
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Hey...just keep pumping those aromatic hydrocarbons into the atmosphere...who needs an ozone layer anyway
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ae86boy
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(12/20/03 8:12 pm)
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You know...for a guy who doesn't even know me, my car setup, where I live or anything else about my situation, you sure do have opinions as to what I do.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There are no emissions controls here. People REMOVE cats, not replace them. If EGRs fail, nobody blinks. Oxygen sensors only get replaced if the car starts running poorly. Trucks with no mufflers rule the streets, along with 1960's Dinosaur muscle cars like Dodge darts, chargers, ford fairlanes and the like. The average age of a car here is something in the range of 1990!
I hardly think its fair to judge my "aromatic hydrocarbon pumping" based on what little you learned from that post...considering I run a fully muffled exhaust with functioning oversized catalytic converter. The car sees far less than 10,000km a year. It burns no oil and leaks no fluids of any kind. I don't think MY hydrocarbons are the ones we should be worrying about.
If you want to question my "eco-friendlyness", why don't you ask my what I drive daily? How about a freakin' ECHO...ULEV emissions status, and the most fuel efficient pure-gasoline engine you can buy in all of north america. I bought it FOR those reasons, not because it was all I could afford.
You make me sad.
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twotoneae86
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(12/20/03 9:47 pm)
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ae86boy: Well said! ive been waiting for someone to say somthing like that
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Ae92wagoon
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(12/21/03 12:45 am)
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Yaa
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twotoneae86
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(12/21/03 12:54 am)
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yep
Danny.
1987 TwoTone grey Coupe Edited by: twotoneae86 at: 12/21/03 1:20 pm
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Pentavalver
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(12/21/03 7:03 am)
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Sorry,I didnt realise you are all so backward.All I know is you have air care standards,so someone is concerned.
"While I didn't read marco's link in his post...
My charcoal canister hit the trash can the second I did my engine swap. The car has run swiss since with no problems. In fact, for various reasons my fuel economy on my car is up some 20% over my previous fuel-sipping 4ag, getting some 38mpg in city driving. I can't wait 'till spring so I can take her for a rip to banff and back on all the backroads".
For someone who doesnt even know what it is,you sure make it sound mighty tempting trashing it.I mean,you found 20% will I? should I chuck mine too?
twotone,save your bitchy lil snypes till after you have built something that doesnt leak or crack.
Same goes for you goon.your yet to impress.
Charcoal canisters are designed to prevent miscarriages,breast cancer,and mutated babies.Benzene is nasty shit.The vapours now floating around ur car now are most likely going to affect those closest to you.
I only care about the ozone layer.
[link]http://www.benzenefyi.com/benzene_health_effects_and_treatment.html[/link]
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twotoneae86
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(12/21/03 1:28 pm)
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im not so sure about yourself but i dont think this is a place ment for people to "make fun" of other people. i left that behind at the playground in 5th grade. and im not really here to impress anyone, especially not you. i really dont even know you and could cafe less if you were impressed with me. im here because i love corollas and want to learn more about them.
Danny.
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Pentavalver
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(12/21/03 4:01 pm)
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I'm not making fun of any1...except those who think tearing off emission controls improves anything.
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twotoneae86
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(12/21/03 5:24 pm)
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you were insulting me!. and i was just curious what the charcoal canister was for
Danny.
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ae86boy
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(12/21/03 10:58 pm)
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I'm sorry we're such a bunch of cavemen to you...but I don't ever recall saying any of the words you put in my mouth. Did I say I don't know what a charcoal canister is/does? Did i say the 20% came from the canister alone?
If the best you can do to justify your position is to call us names and take personal shots at people based on nothing more than conjuring up make-believe "qualifications" for ranking automotive know how by grading projects you have had no personal interaction with on quality, durability and flawlessness, perhaps you would be happier elsewhere. We *help* people here...(flawled though we/they may be), with suggestions, ideas and problem solving...all while providing an environment for fun and information swapping.
If you're "all about the ozone layer"...shouldn't you be pushing the world to buy new cars with advanced engines and control systems, (like an echo) or even taking public transportation, rather than willingly participating in and encouraging a forum dedicated to old polluting toyota's in the first place? Like it or not, some of these cars are 30 years old, and they run in the best condition the owners here can afford to keep them in.
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