Vacuum tank & hoses ?

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John Buchtenkirch

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I was doing a temporary patch on my battery tray (plan on moving it to the trunk eventually) when I noticed a small vacuum container underneath it. One hose is completely missing and the other was only about 6” long, age hardened and went no where (dead ended). My question :confused: is where do the 2 hoses go to ? Thank you ~ John Buchtenkirch
 
That would be the charcoal canister for the fuel vapor recovery system. One side connects to the engine's fuel intake system and the other end connects to the plastic fuel vapor tank near the right wheel well. There should be a rigid light blue 6mm (outer diameter) plastic tubing that runs from the plastic tank into the right passenger compartment, through the fire wall and finally terminating near the left rear engine compartment. A 6mm (inside diameter) fuel hose is then connected to the plastic tubing and into one of the nipple of the charcoal canister. Another piece of 6mm rubber hose connects from the other end of canister to the fuel intake.
 
Bert probably meant that the other end goes from the cannister to the air cleaner intake, not fuel. I have my expansion tank venting below the trunk and the other lines capped - this system gave up the ghost years ago and was a souce of fuel smells in the cabin and engine compartment.

bert35csi said:
Another piece of 6mm rubber hose connects from the other end of canister to the fuel intake.
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Stevehose said:
Bert probably meant that the other end goes from the cannister to the air cleaner intake, not fuel. I have my expansion tank venting below the trunk and the other lines capped - this system gave up the ghost years ago and was a souce of fuel smells in the cabin and engine compartment.
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Char. Can

I did the same...can delete and vent out the right fender off the expansion tank. Seemed non-sensical to have tubes with fuel vapours running inside the car. I suppose to be PC one could restore the system, yet I would be inclined to run all tubing outside of the car.
 
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