hi.

I'm thinking about removing the charcoal canister, so i can put pipe through the canister for better cold air feed.

1. Is this better?

2. What are the benefits?

3. Is there a loss of power?

4. If i unplug the charcoal canister valve there will be error code when i do an car diagnostic check?

5. What i do with the remaining pipes?

6. Removing the charcoal canister valve as well?

Thanks a lot for helping guys. :-D

Anyone?

the car uses it for the 1st 2000 miles that the car is run, or sumat like that, get it removed, its useless just sat there, al have to go wander outside and look see what pipes av connected and where

I know the you should block up the pipes that aren't connected with suitable sized bolts. I'd look into removing the whole pipe personally for a slightly clearer bay.

the car uses the charcoal canister to safely remove pressure build up from the petrol tank... so it puts the petrol vapours back into the engine

don't block the one from the tank just the one to the inlet manifold

then rip the rest out and the job's done

there will be an ecu code stored once you disconnect the canister but it will never put a light or anything on...not on a mk4 polo

Dont block the pipe that goes to the tank, the tank will pressureise

On a mk3 its the clear one you block and the black one you leave clear.

Makes a good replacement for a cold air feed!!!

^^ wrong way round!

the thick clear one from the tank needs to be left to breathe. The thin black ones need blocking up or you've just introduced a vacuum leak.

^ thats quite strange.

It seems to be the other way around on mine :S

Since doing the GT conversion the clear pipe has disapeared and i can only see the black one. When i blocked the black one the tank pressurized. Which means the clear one, where ever it is, is blocked?

Might have to investigate this next week.

Thanks in advance!

I removed mine this morning and blocked up the thin clear pipe and the thicker black pipe (which had a red nozzle on the end). The thick clear pipe has a right-angle bend and attaches to the top centre of the canister (not the top bit that sticks out, I mean the body of the canister), and was the only one that smelt of petrol so I've left that one unblocked.

Edited 28 June, 200818 yr by steveeeee

Update : i removed my charcoal canister as all of you told me.

the rpm gauge is even more stable then before! (maybe the charcoal canister valve was blocked.

tnx a lot anyway....

Does the charcoal canister have anything to do with the oil breather pipe that would go into the original airbox?

Because I have got a BMC on my car, so its got nothing to go into now. Just got a breather on it at the mo, but are these oil breathers actually any good? What benfit does removing the actual canister have?

Sorry to thread hijack, just something I have been thinking about for a while.