What is this bit?

[Evil Ally]

I had small bump the other day, and I've taken the bumper and wing off as they're damaged. The corner in the pic has slight deformation, but the black tank thing behind it has a small crack in it. I'm not sure what it is, can someone enlighten me?

 

[mini-valver]

Carbon canister. Collects fuel vapour from the return line so you dont get pressure build up in your tank.

Basically ticks its balls off for no real benefit!

 

[Evil Ally]

Cheers, so I would assume it's ok just to repair the crack and refit? It doesn't look bad at all.

 

[Fred@BTM]

bin it completely!

 

[mattjk]

Agreed just do away with it.

 

[Evil Ally]

You mean chuck it in the bin and don't replace it??

 

[rich-6]

bin it completely!

Fuel vapours flammable, what happens when you get nonces throwing fag ends out the windows?

Does it have pipes going to it?

 

[mattjk]

Fuel vapours flammable, what happens when you get nonces throwing fag ends out the windows?

Does it have pipes going to it?

:S

 

[rich-6]

Going from this

Carbon canister. Collects fuel vapour from the return line so you dont get pressure build up in your tank.

Basically ticks its balls off for no real benefit!

 

[Peperami]

Binning it seems to destroy your fuel economy.

 

[Fred@BTM]

but the car is proper rapid ennit!

 

[Peperami]

Lol tis true. Makes it smell nice

 

[Peperami]

Are you in scotland Ally?

 

[Evil Ally]

Are you in scotland Ally?

Indeed I am.

 

[Evil Ally]

To sum up....I've been told my car will blow up and I'll get crap MPG if I remove this canister thingy, hmmmm.

 

[Fred@BTM]

^all fibbers!

try it, won't cost you anything!

 

[mattjk]

To sum up....I've been told my car will blow up and I'll get crap MPG if I remove this canister thingy, hmmmm.

Who told you that? Its just one of those things to satisfy the tree huggers.

 

[pinky]

if you do bin it you need to block the pipes that lead to the fuel tank.

 

[Marky_]

To sum up....I've been told my car will blow up and I'll get crap MPG if I remove this canister thingy, hmmmm.

Lol. Gotta love advice administered from CS.

 

[Peperami]

Who told you that? Its just one of those things to satisfy the tree huggers.

Lol. Gotta love advice administered from CS.

Have either of you removed your carbon cannister?

How did you find the cars running after removal?

Did you notice any differences?

 

[mattjk]

I took mine off because it was clicking

You need to plug the pipe on the plenum but leave the other one exposed otherwise you will get pressure buildup in the tank (I did anyway)

 

[caister]

I removed mine as it was ticking didn't drop MPG and I havn't blown up yet. I noticed no difference what to ever. Just makes the car 1-2Kg lighter.

 

[caister]

I took mine off because it was clicking

You need to plug the pipe on the plenum but leave the other one exposed otherwise you will get pressure buildup in the tank (I did anyway)

Tank has another vent so you wont get build up if you block the other pipe which is propably a good idea depending on where you left the vapour coming out!

 

[Jamesstone]

Just makes the car 1-2Kg lighter.

Good enough reson to remove it from the track **** then meh, de-cat will give me the rich petrol smell so dont need to worry about that then lol

 

[caister]

^^ Every little helps

 

[mattjk]

Tank has another vent so you wont get build up if you block the other pipe which is propably a good idea depending on where you left the vapour coming out!

Yeah thats what I was told/thought.

When I blocked it though the pressure built up so I removed the bung, didnt cause any problems

 

[Cupster]

Sounds safer to put up with the ticking tbqfh.

 

[Evil Ally]

Thanks for everyone's advice/opinions, at least I know what it is now. I'll decide what to do with it when I take another look at the car, probably next weekend. To be honest, since it hasn't caused me any "ticking" issues, I think I'll just seal the crack and refit it.

 

[caister]

Sounds safer to put up with the ticking tbqfh.

Why? At the worst its a very small amount of fuel vapour floating around.

Do you think its dangerous when you go fill your car up at a petrol station where there are large amounts of fuel vapour floating about or that your whole tank is full of petrol and fuel vapour?