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Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:15:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
In-Reply-To:  <440248.86719.qm@web50511.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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I have a '91 GL 2WD, and when I recently replaced my VW canister with a Subie one during my engine conversion I found a hose from the canister going into a grommet in the frame.

Larry A.

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dave Mari <vw4x41987@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have looked at that drawing before, but as Keith noted there is no > attachement for this hose and any of the Syncros I have see had this hose in > the frame, they were all 87s and on, and never had any changes to the fuel > vent system as far as I could tell. This question should go over to the > Syncro group so I added them. > > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:10:43 PM > Subject: Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness > > Well, that's interesting, Jeff. Looks like a different air cleaner > box. Mine is oval and has no hose barb for vent hose attachment. That > Ekta page shows model years 85-92, but below the illustration it says > syncro 85-86, so maybe the earlier models had the vent hose connected > to the air cleaner. > > > On Mar 17, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:09:45 -0700 > > From: VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness > > > > Keith, > > > > No charcoal cannisters should vent to the atmoshpere (that is bad). > > They > > should always be recirculated back into the intake. Even '70s era > > VW bugs > > had a closed system for the charcoal cannister. Syncros are no > > exception. > > > > This diagram from ETKA shows the proper routing for the syncro: > > > > http://www.autostadtwest.com/docs/033-02.pdf > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jeff > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >


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