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Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:30 PM
Found this under my o/s arch, the bracket was bolted to the chassis via the bumber fastening bolts, looks abit homemade,

it wasnt in my haynes manual either so really stumped!

The closest i could think was rear washer reservoir/pump?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/06072009529.jpg
ben doodar
08-07-09, 03:35 PM
emmisions canister i think bud, my gsi had 1, it went in the bin about 5 minutes after i found it.
NovaBoi92
08-07-09, 03:36 PM
yep carbon cannister, helps with emissions or something. has a pipe which goes to the throttle body/carb
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:36 PM
what does it do? it feels very light, there is a pipe that appears to run to the rad (maybe not inspected from underneath) and the other 2 run to the rear of the engine bay?

cheers doodar
Cle
08-07-09, 03:36 PM
I have one, Not a clue what it is though
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:37 PM
yep carbon cannister, helps with emissions or something. has a pipe which goes to the throttle body/carb

mines the spi mate?
Cle
08-07-09, 03:38 PM
mines the spi mate?

Still has a throttle body and spi is basically a carb
NovaBoi92
08-07-09, 03:41 PM
got no idea what it does. it does something though. i think. not much ive been told. and i dont think it has a pipe going to the rad
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:42 PM
another thing learnt :) where abouts do i find the throttle body then, and whats the differant between my throttle body, and performance cars that sound crazy with 'throttle bodies'?


(the word throttle looks wrong and has lost all meaning after reading it that much then!)
NovaBoi92
08-07-09, 03:43 PM
its basically the same as a carb. well not the same but if you see what i mean, its under the air filter. if its spi yours will have it, but if its carb then it will have a ... carb lol
L14MNP
08-07-09, 03:46 PM
Carbon cannister. Bin it FTW.
NovaBoi92
08-07-09, 03:47 PM
what exactly does it do? id like to know. and what would be the benefits of binning it
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:48 PM
yeah so my engine the throttle body will dish out the correct amount of fuel to the injector then the injector will...well, inject it? (nearly as bad as you with that one mate lol)
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 03:49 PM
is scrapes the skin off your knuckles with its rusty goodness mate! thats what it does!
L14MNP
08-07-09, 03:50 PM
No benefits AFAIK lol. It's for fuel vapour, they have charcoal inside to absorb it.
Saves space - as they are usually in the way (engine bay etc) pointless emissions BS lol.

Ensure you vent it to the atmosphere if you remove it, there's some talk of a very small improvement in performance/resposnse but I can't see it personally.
AlexW
08-07-09, 03:57 PM
The connections are as follows.

Vaccum is taking from the brake servo pipe (T piece off it)
A Fuel tank vent
A atmoshere vent (in the X-member)

Think thats all. Basicaly not needed, chuck it away. Block the vaccum and leave the fuel tank vent, remove everything else.
Tidy Max
08-07-09, 04:01 PM
sorted, thanks chaps! was it a v.late revision by the way? injection models only?
L14MNP
08-07-09, 04:02 PM
Anything with a cat tends to have them IME.
AlexW
08-07-09, 04:02 PM
Yep, SPI/MPI models Only, Carbs never had anything like that.
Pillar
08-07-09, 04:10 PM
I took mine of car runs fine, just bin it!!