Black Vacuum "Box" ? [88 90Q]

[Tony Lum]

At 11:51 AM 1/18/2004 -0600, Matt Evans wrote:
>THere's a big black tall box that has a couple opf vacuum lines running to it.
>its on the drivers side of the engine bay, next to the power steering
>resivoir and infront of the coolant expansion tank.  yo have to remove it
>to get hte PS resivour out.  You have to remove a couple vacuum lines from it
>to do this.
>
>If you're like me, working in Fargo in -4F ambient, you broke one of the
>vacuum barbs off of this thing.
>
>So, - what does this do ?  What attaches to it ?  What no longer works, given
>that i just broke it ? :)
>
>(PS: do the power steering hoses leak through their membranes ?  what about
>at connectino points ?  2 hose inlets AND the cap of my PS resivoir leak.
>how is that possible ?  )
>
>
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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that's the carbon 
cannister.  Its an emissions device that collects gas fumes (from the tank) 
and releases them back into the IM via a frequency valve.  In most cars its 
imbedded in the RF fender so its somewhat invisible.

Regards,






-Tony

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