Charcoal Canister Delete?
Huw Powell
audi at humanspeakers.com
Mon Jun 11 20:28:42 PDT 2012
Most of the real world thinks 150,000 miles is long past the life of a car.
Most of mine of course, have gone past 300k.
And our neighborhood is full of "Volvo Battle Wagons", which also last
forever.
But the reality is that most manufacturers and consumers think of cars
as lasting maybe 100-120k at best.
On 6/11/2012 10:50 PM, Cody Forbes wrote:
> Yes, a failed pump or even a clogged fuel filter on a PZEV requires
> replacing the entire fuel tank. It seems that for the most part it's
> being counted as a "emissions related component" and therefore under the
> 150,000 mile mandatory emissions warranty. But maybe not.
>
> -Cody
>
> -----Original Message----- From: TWFAUST at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 10:26 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Charcoal Canister Delete?
>
> "have a sealed fuel tank with the pump and the fuel filter locked inside
> forever - the fuel vapors released
> during a fuel filter or fuel pump change pollute more than what's coming
> out of the exhaust pipe."
>
> Do I understand this to mean that in the event of fuel pump failure, the
> entire tank must be replaced?
> Cost really is no object in California.
>
> Tom Faust
>
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