Charcoal Fuel vapor Storage Canister

[Cutty1987]

Does anyone know where i can purchase a new one??

Or

When do you know if they go bad? Looked at the bottom of the canister and the filter is coming off in pieces, real bad yellow color as well..

Please let me know.. thanks guys

 

[MrSony]

You can rebuilt them, but it's kind of a pain in the *ss and not really worth the trouble. They don't make the two nipple model anymore. Either that or you'll have to find one from a low mileage car.

 

[Wageslave]

About any parts store should be able to get you a compatible replacement. It may not be concourse correct but should keep the gas fumes down.

 

[Jeff L]

I refilled mine. I went on Rock Auto and bought the round filters that you use for a few dollars. The charcoal you can find at stores like walmart in the pet section. A container cost me around $5 dollars when I bought it. I just cut a very small section off the bottom, drained out the old charcoal, used some compressed air to make sure the inside was dry and clean, put in new charcoal and new filter. Works perfectly. I had the gas smell before the fix and it was gone after my refill.

 

[axisg]

somebody should document this and make it a sticky.

 

[Cutty1987]

I didnt smell gas, ever.. at least not that i can remember.. car only has 92, *** original miles.. so does that mean my container is still good?

 

[Cutty1987]

Even the filter smells nothing like gas..

 

[SoFloG]

Aren't these kinda obsolete? Weren't they mainly for emission purposes?

 

[DRIVEN]

Obsolete? No. New cars still use them.
They have zero impact on performance aside from the few ounces that they add to the total weight of a 2 ton car. I've actually added them to older cars that didn't have them from the factory to help keep the fumes down when parked in a hot garage.

 

[Jeff L]

I didnt smell gas, ever.. at least not that i can remember.. car only has 92, *** original miles.. so does that mean my container is still good?

Usually they are ruined (the gas smell) if the charcoal gets saturated with gas. Mine was ok until about 105,000 miles. When I dumped out the old charcoal it felt damp and of course had the gasoline odor. My problem started because I had the car sitting most of the time for a few years, the gas in the tank was going bad, and all the solvents like seafoam and fresh gas I added to the tank must had finally did in my canister. Plus the original filter at the bottom was just about gone which did not help in keeping the gas smell contained.

Once I restored it the canister is working fine. No gas smell. I thought I remembered a mechanic told me ages ago that if you have no gas smell under the hood, as far as the canister goes, it is working ok. Plus he told me to avoid overfilling the gas tank which can ruin these canisters because gas might get sucked in and soak the charcoal. I think that is what happened to mine when I was trying to get rid of the bad gasoline. Filled my gas tank and the added cleaners might have been too much?