Carbon Canisters - Are they needed?!

**medwin46** · 23-01-2008, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by GasedT18

It's all probably pretty academic as in approx 15-20 years time there will be very little petrol around, probably a lot more ethanol but very expensive, and by that time the Chinese will have burned so much coal (others as well) that the future will be well and truly stuffed - lets not debate it here hey -> non car forum.

Cheers

David

They've been saying for 20 years that the oil is about to run out, hasnt happened yet...

Its people saying stuff like this thats pushing the fuel price up. Theres no way i can prove the oil isnt going to run out, as theres no way anyone can, nor can they prove that it is. Technology is moving at a rapid pace, there'll be an alternative by the time oil runs out.

**GasedT18** · 30-01-2008, 07:07 AM

P.S. and without starting a reputation sh$t fight, v8supra your negative repping my post "stop using you're computer hippy its using precious fossil fuels to run!" is below the belt as I contributed constructive information and my opinion is just that and you contributed diddly squat.

By the way "you're" is a contraction of 'you are', correct usage is 'your' and "its" should have an apostrophe vis-a-vis 'it's' which is a contraction of 'it is'.

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**brett_celicacoupe** · 31-01-2008, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by thechuckster

example: 1GGTE into 1981 RA40 - original engine ran leaded and no CAT, 1GGTE came from a donor vehicle but has O2 sensor and half-cut included a CAT, to get engineered, car now needs CAT.

my engineer said if the car didnt come with a cat in the beginning then you dont need one with a different engine.

**fatboy13** · 31-01-2008, 12:07 PM

Emissions tests go by the engine not by the car, IIRC.
I had to have my '71 Crown emissions tested after i went 7M, and i had to have a cat and a charcoal canister, as these were both used on the 7M. This was what my engineer said at the time. And when i was having the car emissions tested he was comparing results against a sheet for the emissions regulations of the time of the motor.

**YLD-16L** · 31-01-2008, 12:13 PM

Same here, the corollas I have had engineered had to have Cats, the '73 one didn't require a charcoal cannister though, the '79 one did but obviously we just retained the one that was there.