[DeTomaso] Techno Question: The Fuel Vapor control system

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Mike, Asa, Jordan and Jack,

            See  $$$  below.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:40 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:


In a message dated 3/23/17 17 39 16, cengles at cox.net writes:

This is really odd and quite trivial, but here goes.
While the engine is out, I have been tidying up the engine bay.   For 
some
reason, I noticed that the hose that connects the gas tank vent to the
factory charcoal canister is braided stainless steel.     It seems to be 
the
*only* stock factory braided steel hose in the entire engine bay.

>>> The original stock fuel line was also braided, although it wasn't 
>>> shiny so it's not obvious.   There was a flex hose from the fuel 
>>> tank pickup to the inlet of the fuel pump, then a metal hard line 
>>> from the output of the pump up the front of the motor and across to 
>>> the passenger side, and a short length of hose connecting it to the 
>>> carburetor.

$$$$$  Hmmm,  it may not be stainless steel.  It is braided and it has 
punctured my flesh.  It is not covered with braided fabric.  Perhaps it 
has been changed.  I assumed that it was stock.  Perhaps the stock vapor 
hose was braided fabric and it resembles the grayish tarnished steel 
braided line that I have found in the engine bay.

    >                   First dumb techno question:   Does anybody know 
why that
seemingly lowly hose was worthy of the stainless steel braided hose
treatment???....to vent simple gas tank vapor??

>>> It does seem to be a big excessive!

>                      For the first time I pulled the factory Ford 
> Charcoal
Canister from its stock location.    I suppose that the charcoal is 
kaput.

>>> Perhaps that's true, perhaps not?   I don't really know what their 
>>> lifespan is purported to be?

> I inspected the canister.   It looks like it *could* be opened with 
> the proper
tool.    I assume that if one could open it then it might be possible to 
dump
in another dose of activated charcoal for another four decades.

>>> It all depends on how concerned you are about the environment.   I 
>>> would suggest that the amount of damage you are doing with your 
>>> camshaft choice and right foot is orders of magnitude greater, and 
>>> if you really were concerned, you would address those issues first. 
>>> :>)

$$$$$$   My interest was is in normal engine function over environmental 
concerns.  Thank you for complimenting my camshaft choices and driving 
style..


>                  Second dumb techno questions regarding the Pantera 
> charcoal
canister:     for those that worship at the stock original altar, does 
anyone
maintain their charcoal canisters?.....or are they inoperative stock
adornments of the stock original engine bay?

>>> Nobody maintains them.   Whether they still function of not is a 
>>> matter of conjecture.   I moved my water bottles so one now lives 
>>> where the canister used to be, so my beautifully painted and 
>>> detailed canister and associated bracket is in a box.

> For those that have modified their Pantera and worship at the 
> laissez-faire
altar, do you completely remove it?    ..add a modern replacement??

>>> As it has no performance impact, and simply represents a token nod 
>>> to environmental concern, you can either leave it in place or remove 
>>> it; it won't have any measurable effect on performance.   You will 
>>> need to decide where and how to run your fuel tank vent hose if you 
>>> chose to remove the terminus formed by the canister however.   There 
>>> is certainly no harm and perhaps some minor benefit by leaving it in 
>>> place, but it only really works if the second hose is connected from 
>>> the canister to the underside of the air cleaner, so that fumes are 
>>> extracted through the canister and into the air cleaner, to be 
>>> burned by the combustion process…..

$$$$$   That is correct.  With my laissez-faire engines it would be hard 
to plumb it back to the air filter and it would also detract from a 
functional tidyness in the engine bay.  I do think that my highly 
valuable stock original charcoal canister and braided hose will soon 
reside in the parts warehouse, labeled from future retrieval in the 
distant future.

              Back to our normal drivetrain re-assembly and installation 
programming........

                              Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles



>                        Yes, I know it is pretty arcane.

>>> We like arcane!

Mike




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   Dear Mike, Asa, Jordan and Jack,

              See  $$$  below.

   On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:40 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:



   In a message dated 3/23/17 17 39 16, cengles at cox.net writes:

   This is really odd and quite trivial, but here goes.

   While the engine is out, I have been tidying up the engine bay.   For
   some

   reason, I noticed that the hose that connects the gas tank vent to the

   factory charcoal canister is braided stainless steel.     It seems to
   be the

   *only* stock factory braided steel hose in the entire engine bay.

   >>>The original stock fuel line was also braided, although it wasn't
   shiny so it's not obvious.   There was a flex hose from the fuel tank
   pickup to the inlet of the fuel pump, then a metal hard line from the
   output of the pump up the front of the motor and across to the
   passenger side, and a short length of hose connecting it to the
   carburetor.

   $$$$$  Hmmm,  it may not be stainless steel.  It is braided and it has
   punctured my flesh.  It is not covered with braided fabric.  Perhaps it
   has been changed.  I assumed that it was stock.  Perhaps the stock
   vapor hose was braided fabric and it resembles the grayish tarnished
   steel braided line that I have found in the engine bay.

      >                   First dumb techno question:   Does anybody know
   why that

   seemingly lowly hose was worthy of the stainless steel braided hose

   treatment???....to vent simple gas tank vapor??

   >>>It does seem to be a big excessive!

   >                      For the first time I pulled the factory Ford
   Charcoal

   Canister from its stock location.    I suppose that the charcoal is
   kaput.

   >>>Perhaps that's true, perhaps not?   I don't really know what their
   lifespan is purported to be?

   > I inspected the canister.   It looks like it *could* be opened with
   the proper

   tool.    I assume that if one could open it then it might be possible
   to dump

   in another dose of activated charcoal for another four decades.

   >>>It all depends on how concerned you are about the environment.   I
   would suggest that the amount of damage you are doing with your
   camshaft choice and right foot is orders of magnitude greater, and if
   you really were concerned, you would address those issues first. :>)

   $$$$$$   My interest was is in normal engine function over
   environmental concerns.  Thank you for complimenting my camshaft
   choices and driving style..

   >                  Second dumb techno questions regarding the Pantera
   charcoal

   canister:     for those that worship at the stock original altar, does
   anyone

   maintain their charcoal canisters?.....or are they inoperative stock

   adornments of the stock original engine bay?

   >>>Nobody maintains them.   Whether they still function of not is a
   matter of conjecture.   I moved my water bottles so one now lives where
   the canister used to be, so my beautifully painted and detailed
   canister and associated bracket is in a box.

   >For those that have modified their Pantera and worship at the
   laissez-faire

   altar, do you completely remove it?    ..add a modern replacement??

   >>>As it has no performance impact, and simply represents a token nod
   to environmental concern, you can either leave it in place or remove
   it; it won't have any measurable effect on performance.   You will need
   to decide where and how to run your fuel tank vent hose if you chose to
   remove the terminus formed by the canister however.   There is
   certainly no harm and perhaps some minor benefit by leaving it in
   place, but it only really works if the second hose is connected from
   the canister to the underside of the air cleaner, so that fumes are
   extracted through the canister and into the air cleaner, to be burned
   by the combustion processa|..

   $$$$$   That is correct.  With my laissez-faire engines it would be
   hard to plumb it back to the air filter and it would also detract from
   a functional tidyness in the engine bay.  I do think that my highly
   valuable stock original charcoal canister and braided hose will soon
   reside in the parts warehouse, labeled from future retrieval in the
   distant future.

                Back to our normal drivetrain re-assembly and installation
   programming........

                                Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles

   >                        Yes, I know it is pretty arcane.

   >>>We like arcane!

   Mike