[DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?

[Charles Engles]

Dear Will,



             Somehow Apocalypse Now comes to mind…."I love the smell of
napalm in the morning."


                      Warmest regards, Chuck Engles





-----Original Message-----
From: Will Kooiman [mailto:will.kooiman at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:22 PM
To: Charles Engles; MikeLDrew at aol.com; B Hower; 'Christopher Kimball';
'Larry Weston'; 'Asa Jay Laughton'; JDeRyke at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?

One moreŠ

I ran for years with no vent, but I had a Permacap from Hall.  The permacap
has a spring loaded flapper.  You shove the gas nozzle on the flapper to put
gas in the tank.  When you remove the nozzle, it springs shut.  So, as gas
empties, the flapper allows air to enter the tank, and there's no suction in
the tank.  When it gets hot, I'm sure it pressurizes the tank somewhat, but
it never seemed to be a big deal.

I don¹t have a permacap anymore, so I'm going to reinstall a vent, but I'm
putting the vent up high.  When I installed the rollover valve, it wasn't
sealed well enough, and it dumped gas onto the ground.  Not fun.

And the charcoal canister is for pansies that don't like the smell of
gasoline in the morning.

--
Will





On 3/7/13 8:01 PM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>Dear Guys:  Thanks!     Chuck Engles
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>From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 5:39 PM
>To: cengles at cox.net; asajay at asajay.com
>Cc: detomaso at poca.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dumb Techno Question: Charcoal Cannister ?
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>In a message dated 3/7/13 10 34 28, cengles at cox.net writes:
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>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?
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>>>>Well, you have to have SOME venting.  You can disconnect the line 
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>the cannister, shorten it, and route it to the ground, but you're still 
>venting.  If you actually plug the opening on the tank, you will create 
>a vacuum and the tank could literally implode if the gas cap seals 
>properly, as the fuel is sucked out of it by the fuel pump.
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>Don't vent directly to the air cleaner.  One backfire, and it's all over!
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>My vent hose goes to the ground, and unfortunately allows me to 
>overfill the tank and dump a gallon or more onto the ground.  Must 
>address that someday....
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>Mike
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