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boyle_46
23-04-08, 09:10 PM
was just out at the car and fired it up for the 1st time in a few weeks started on the ball 1st turn and i was well chuffed was cleaning my alloys and heard a hissing noise comeing from the front wheel or what i thought was the front wheel , looked in behind the wheel to see a little hose hanging down i thought that was it and put my finger over it and it wasnt it , i looked in the wheel arch just behind the bumper to see a cylinder with 2 bits coming off the top of it and it looks liike theres a hose missing from that , i followed the hose up into the bay and its connected to the carb i think :confused: and the other one goes onto the pipe coming off the air filter any ideas lads i will go out and take a few photos if that would help its comeing up to my mot and i want the car out on the roads as soon as i just hope that this is not major or something to seriously worry about thanks for takeing the time to help me . Nath :)

AlexW
23-04-08, 09:20 PM
Pics would help, when you said about hissing i thought header tank but dunno.

Adam
23-04-08, 10:06 PM
Its the carbon can, reconnect the hose
Its hissing because its connected to the throttle body as a vacuum source.

boyle_46
23-04-08, 11:26 PM
this is what i think ? is that it adam ?

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/boyle_46/DSC00732.jpg

stevenf
23-04-08, 11:37 PM
yeah thats the carbon canister.