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<<< Carbon Canister Removal >>> |
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Theory: There is a small canister in the driver's side fender called the 'carbon canister' (or 'charcoal canister'). Its job is to capture any unburned fuel vapors hiccupped into the intake system (instead of just dumping them into the atmosphere via the air filter box). When the car is shut down, these vapors slowly find their way back to the intake boot, where they are somehow sucked down and burned the next time the car is started. I'm not exactly sure of how this whole system works, but I do know that the carbon canister's sole use is as an emissions device. So I decided to see how much weight I could save and how much clutter I could eliminate by removing it. Read on... |
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Jack the driver's side of the car up, and take the wheel off to make this job easier on yourself. Now remove the fender wall lining. It is held on by a bunch of Phillips head screws, so I'd advise you to use a power drill with a Phillips head bit to make short work of them. |
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With the fender lining removed, look toward the front of the fender to see the canister. It has three main vacuum lines connected to it... disconnect them (I cut mine since I won't be reusing them). Now remove the screw holding the bracket down (arrow). Remove the bracket and the canister, and toss them in the junk bin. |
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From the engine bay, pull the vacuum lines out of their grommets (if you didn't cut the vacuum lines, you'll need to pull the grommets out because the end connections won't fit through the grommet holes). Now you have two holes to plug (arrows) - not a necessity, but I'd just plug them to make it look nicer. (If your engine bay looks anything like mine, you may want to clean it, too ;) |
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The purple vacuum line runs from the canister to the back of the throttle body (arrow)... disconnect it, then cap the nipple to avoid a vacuum leak. Scrap the vacuum line. |
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The larger of the two black vacuum lines runs to the white restrictor in the intake boot. Disconnect the hose from the restrictor (taking note of which end you removed it from), then cap the restrictor at that end (arrow). Scrap the vacuum line. |
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The smaller of the two black vacuum lines runs across the front of the radiator, and then dives into the passenger side fender (it goes to the vacuum reservoir). It is the right-most of the two lines pictured (arrow). I suppose you could cap the line right at the reservoir, but I chose to cut the line in the engine bay, then cap it. Scrap the vacuum line you cut out and... you're done! |
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