I want to remove the charcoal cannister but I am unclear what to do with the hoses hanging around. Various posts here and on IBMWR.org just say plug the hose. Plug with what? cotton ball, some kind of rubber stopper and where do I get them? Small, medium, large?? Thanks guys!!!
Craig
What do I do now....
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uhh...careful
I left my charcoal cannister rig intact, it's hidden behind the city cases full time.
BE CAREFUL not to just plug the hoses, there's a right way, and the wrong way you'll be plugging a fuel tank vent hose, and it can happen...if your fuel cap really seals well, the plugged hose won't allow the fuel tank from venting, and as you use fuel, you create a vacuum in the fuel tank, that gets stronger, and stronger, until ... crumple, you just collapsed a $1400 fuel tank. Believe it.
BE CAREFUL not to just plug the hoses, there's a right way, and the wrong way you'll be plugging a fuel tank vent hose, and it can happen...if your fuel cap really seals well, the plugged hose won't allow the fuel tank from venting, and as you use fuel, you create a vacuum in the fuel tank, that gets stronger, and stronger, until ... crumple, you just collapsed a $1400 fuel tank. Believe it.
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I don't recall pluging anything besides the bottom of the throttle body.
use the photo, Luke.
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use the photo, Luke.
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any problem other than the overfill vent if I just leave them unplugged?
I guess the question is . . .
why would one remove the cannister other than for cosmetics? And if that is the reason, then why not move it to a hidden location?
Does everyone understand it's function? As bakernks noted, you must allow air into the tank to displace consumed gasoline. Where that air enters, vapor can exit. Raw hydrocarbon vapors are ungood for the air, so cannisters were developed to capture them. They are then drawn into the intake during engine operation. The mapping of the computer is more than able to handle this, so there is no performance diminishment.
Does everyone understand it's function? As bakernks noted, you must allow air into the tank to displace consumed gasoline. Where that air enters, vapor can exit. Raw hydrocarbon vapors are ungood for the air, so cannisters were developed to capture them. They are then drawn into the intake during engine operation. The mapping of the computer is more than able to handle this, so there is no performance diminishment.
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Paul, I removed mine because I found it and all it's plumbing to be unsightly, heavy and I didn't want to move it, I wanted to dump it.
With it, the cat converter and a lot of other stuff gone or lightened, my bike is about 30 Lbs. lighter.
Do you know what it would cost me to lose 30 Lbs. at the gym?
With it, the cat converter and a lot of other stuff gone or lightened, my bike is about 30 Lbs. lighter.
Do you know what it would cost me to lose 30 Lbs. at the gym?
Dave
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I've spent most of my life on motorcycles, the rest I've just wasted...
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I've spent most of my life on motorcycles, the rest I've just wasted...
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[edit by Doug - Lance, stop being a retard]
Now, to keep this on track so as not to break the political rules... The cannister is a polution control, and I resent you hooligans for taking them off.
P.S. The bracket holding mine got bent in my hitting the pothole episode, and will be replaced when I go to get the work done.. they cost about $90.
Now, to keep this on track so as not to break the political rules... The cannister is a polution control, and I resent you hooligans for taking them off.
P.S. The bracket holding mine got bent in my hitting the pothole episode, and will be replaced when I go to get the work done.. they cost about $90.
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