Re: [T3] Charcoal Cannister Connection

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 27 Apr 99, at 8:39, David L. Timmins wrote:

> Two questions to the group:  1)  What's alzheimer's?  2)  Upon removal and
> refurbishing the motor in my 1970 Square, I have lost a few bits on the
> hard disk between my ears.  What are the three connections to the charcoal
> cannister in the engine compartment?  One I know comes from the fuel tank
> (via the cannister under the left-front fender); one comes from the air
> cleaner; and the third connection.....?   I am assuming everything is to
> flow to the air cleaner. There is also an outlet port on the left side
> elbow that comes off of the fan housing that is the same diameter as the
> third connection on the cannister.

That's it. The elbow on the left supplies air under a bit of 
pressure, the air cleaner has a bit of vacuum, and the effect is to 
produce a tiny breeze in the CC which draws the gas fumes into the 
engine where they are burned.

Jim
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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