Fuel Canister

[winnie_man]

Changing fuel filter today and noticed the outlet to the carbon canister has snapped of a long time ago. I just discarded the canister and connected the outlet to the inlet. There is also a thin vac line that goes to the throttle body which is I have left open (atmospheric).

Can anyone see a problem with this? This is a 3SGTE.

Also I have rounded the dam nut on the fuel filter, using a sidchrome spanner (thought to be impossible) . I doubt it has ever been changed. I've had the car for 10,000 Km and the filter is Genuine Toyota part plus rust scale! Some people are just pathetic when it comes to cars! So this means now I must find a fuel place to change the fitting

[lexsmaz]

Get another carbon cannister & re-fit it .. They are there for a reason ...

Not sure on the plumbing on the 3SGTE but the vacuum line you talk about actually is the purge hose for the cannister with which the petrol fumes are actually drawn through & re-burnt .. leaving open is a no no & connecting up the hoses together that you talk about is going to cause issues too & neither hose is actually an inlet as you talked about .. As i said the vacuum line is actually the only inlet source ..

[PlacentaJuan]

only problem with removing the CC is that it will phail emissions testing.

and yes sidchrome tools are well known for their koala-T

dont take it to a fuel shop, just buy a replacement filter from just about any car and put it in yourself.

i got a commodore filter (it was the biggest one at supercheap they had) and got the bracket from the wrreckers.

[winnie_man]

Of course its there for a reason! To keep the bureaucrats at the EPA happy! cars pre 1989 didn't need to have one just like a cat, a bloody restriction that is meant to keep trees green and little kiddies out of the acid rain.

The thing is just like a cat the cars are tuned for this restriction. Will this effect the EFI tuning is the question.
There is an inlet at the top and a drain at the bottom. Pretty basic really. There is also a vac line that vacuums under load to the throttle body (tested with finger and throttle cable lol) more revs more pressure. Obviously thinking about it this needs to be closed.
Like I said the inlet and the drain have just been connected. Is this just general practice?

No the line is screwed as the fitting from the fuel line not the filter has rounded, its impossible to remove now. I've done this about 3 times to a ST184 and trust me that was a piece of piss compared with the GTFour however, is another story. Very tight for spanners. Koala-T? what is this lol?

[Draven]

say it really fast

(quality, for the slow people out there)

[lexsmaz]

Your dates are out, carbon cannisters have been around since the 70's

You seem to be asking questions & answering them later on ? ..

The general practise is to leave the carbon cannister on, they dont rob any power at all & certainly beats the smell of petrol fumes which you will probably now get on a hot day ..

[winnie_man]

Yea they have but they didn't become mandatory until 1989. Thanks for your two cents but I would have left the canister on if It still functioned. The rubber fitting on the drain perished so it hasn't been working for some time.
Meh thanks for your help...