Great. Thanks Dennis. I googled that part number you supplied. Seems to be the same part I have lying in a box somewhere .... back home. Looking at p.20.3 In Bentley I see how my Vanagon charcoal filter was set up (while it was still an air cooled Vanagon). When the mood and safe place to do so strike, I'll have a closer look at things
On Thursday, August 14, 2014, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: The new canister does still have a bottom vent, a large one. Just not > through a hose tucked into the frame. Fuel vapor containment/recovery > systems have been with us since the late 60's. The purge valve on your > vanagon was vacuum operated and opened as the throttle opened. Later > vehicles even have an air pump to pressurize the system and failure to hold > pressure gives a fault code. > > Dennis > > > > > -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: |
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