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On 11 Apr 2006 at 14:24, Constantino Tobio wrote: > As originally equipped, there is a charcoal canister over the > transmission to catch vapors from the intake, and another canister in > the LF fenderwell to catch vapors coming from the tank. The LF fenderwell tank is actually an overflow tank. Gasoline will flow into that tank when it warms and expands, and then it will get sucked back into the main tank as you use the gas out of it. Unfortunately this system only works if the gas cap gasket and "overflow" hose don't have any leaks. > These two are linked together by a very thin tube that is likely today > decayed to the point of uselessness. The canister in the fenderwell may very > well be gone. These would typically have the strap that holds them rot off > completely and they'd fall out. Yes. > At this point, I'd declare that the evaporative emissions system as > originally equipped in our vehicles to likely be hopelessly defunct. Exactly right. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~