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Originally Posted by lyd
Hmm. Regarding expansion, if I just make sure to fill up on the way out to drive rather than on the way home to park, does that pretty much solve it? Even with the Metro's mileage, it can't take long to burn through that bit of gas.
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You are probably correct, but that would depend on the necks shape
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Originally Posted by lyd
The canister problem I don't understand. Could someone expand on how this could kill it?
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Sure thing
Essentially the evaporative emmissions canister is a charcol filter designed to catch fuel vapors esc aping from your tank, collect them, then release them in to your intake manifold to be used as fuel when you strart the car.
Issue is that they are designed to work with gas/ vapors (the state of matter) if they receive liquid fuel (at least in the case of my 87 supra) the charcoal turns in to mush and no longer does its job.
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Originally Posted by lyd
I don't understand the dumping fuel into the intake comment either.
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If your car doesn't have an evaporative emissions canister, then chances are the vent line goes straight to the intake (air cooled vw did this) If i filed it all the way up I'd get surging while cornering left due to the liquid fuel being poured down the carburetors throat.
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Originally Posted by lyd
There is some possibility my canister might be dead anyway. I read a comment recently that suggested that with a functioning canister your tank won't ever go psssshhhhht when you take the cap off, and mine does sometimes.
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Going t ask someone else that one.