Date:         Mon, 5 Mar 2018 15:34:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel pressure too high
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Aha. Ok. Didn't know about the screen. Thanks for that. I'd read of the
charcoal getting saturated but not of the metal screen failure. I should
take my old one apart, see what happened, post some images. ..... if I can
find it!

Hopefully we'll find out what the cause of Ricks' stall is.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Having a carbon canister fail is more common than you may think. The
> screens rust out and the carbon makes its way into the lines and clogs up
> the works. I’ve seen many a tank collapse due to that canister. It is a
> wear/consumable.
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> *From:* Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 5, 2018 4:18 PM
> *To:* Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> *Subject:* Re: Fuel pressure too high
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> I wish I had, but I never did "nail down" exactly what caused the excess
> pressure or vacuum I found at my fuel tank. The van in question has a Jetta
> engine so I checked the Jetta EVAP charcoal canister purge valve (same
> function as WBX valve albeit in a different manner), swapped in a used EVAP
> charcoal filter. So far, it hasn't happened again. All I could figure is
> that the charcoal filter was "full" and not allowing fumes to pass and/or
> not venting to atmosphere at lower connection.  (this Vanagon with Jetta
> engine used to have an air cooled engine; from the factory, the canister
> lower connection was not connected to the air cleaner)
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Neil n

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