[DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?

[Christopher Kimball]

I had one of those little anti-spill tubes with the little plastic ball in it that was attached to the vent tube on my gas tank.  The ball got stuck, preventing the the tank from venting, and as the car started using gas, the tank began collapsing.  When I went to fill up, and I began to unscrew the gas cap, there was a loud hissing sound coupled with the sound of the metal gas tank trying to expand back to its regular size.

I ended up just running the vent hose from the top of the tank to the bottom of the car's frame, terminating into a small gas line filter so no dust or debris can get sucked into the tank.  I think my tank only holds 17 gallons now, however...

Chris

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From: cengles at cox.net
Sent: 3/7/2013 10:34 AM
To: asajay at asajay.com
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?


Dear Asa,

                  Hmm.  So I can pull the charcoal canister.  That then
leads to the question of using the Pantera gas tank without any venting.
I must admit that I seem to have done that with the other Pantera for
about twenty plus years with no known detrimental effects.   So, is
there any problem with a non vented Pantera gas tank?

                             Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles



On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:

  I pulled mine out last year during all the engine prep for SSCC.  I
now have the vent line routed to a rollover valve above the tank.  The
space where the charcoal canister was will be repuposed for a modified
cooling system eventually.

Asa

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-----Original message-----
From: cengles at cox.net
To: detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 15:18:16 GMT+00:00
Subject: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister?


Dear Forum,

I still have a disconnected charcoal canister for the original
fuel system venting (?).   It has been disconnected for about twenty
years.  Is there any reason not to pull it out?  I think that Jack
DeRyke discussed this a while back, but as usual I was sleeping in the
back of class.

Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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