Carbon Canister

[bboystyles]

where is it located and how hard is it to change myself (not being good wit motors)

any help?

[Tom_1569]

Located next to the battery, its a black tube with 2? hoses conected to the top.

Why are you replacing it?

[vn calais manual]

it is no worry at all, why your changing it is the bigger concern?

[bboystyles]

well ive had a bad petrol smell in my cabin for a long time and its gettin worse. so i read up on sum other threads bout it nd i saw carbon canister in many of them. along with breather pipes nd wat not.

a mate said that theres more chance that theres sumin wrong in the engine bay nd the smell is coming thru the aircon vents.... yes/no?

[wrx884]

my bet would b ur breather hoses need replacing, have u checked the condition of them?

[bboystyles]

do u mean the two running from the top of the fuel tank? i checked them and i didnt notice anything that wuld say their broken or wateves. are they supposed to have camps around the ends? coz mine dont....

but i wanna check the canister as well...

[aussieghostrider]

get under the car where petrol filler inlet is there are a couple hoses there , for some reason holden used a clear tube for the breather hose well it was like that on mine from when my parents bought car brand new and after few years the crap tube cracks so when you have about 3/4 full tank you get the smell.

Also if it's not that then Id be looking at fuel filter lines & also the fuel lines going to throttle body.

[bboystyles]

does anyone know how much i wuld be charged if i went to a mechanic nd got them to change the lines nd stuff?

[V8 Calais]

How many lines actually go to the pollution canister?

I know one comes from the fuel tank as a breather and one i think goes to the throttle body is that it?

I want to mount mine in the boot as my fuel cell needs to be vented and also to get it out the engine bay

[Emackulation]

In my V8 there is 2 going to the TB. I also believe its called a charcoal canister.

[bboystyles]

wat does the canister look like....?

[Emackulation]

Its black, roughly 15cm tall, roughly 8cm diameter, sits next to the battery and radiator.

[bboystyles]

wuld holden stock new ones if i choose to buy an new one? for how much roughly?

[bboystyles]

i looked at my carbon canister today. hoses seemed on properly, how do you check to see if u need to clean it or watever?

shuld you ever need to replace one?

[adam69]

Yes they can become blocked.

[Bz Kn33z]

I dont think it would be the canister at all, more than likely the breathers, have u pulled the plate off where the wheel is and checked right up there, more than likly have to drop the fuel tank and replace them because 3/4 of VNs with origenal breather hoses would be stuffed and will give you a smell of fuel in the car, take it for a spin and then put you head in the boot see if it smells more in there mine did, and the subs would pump the smell into the car when i had them cranking lol

[bboystyles]

1stly its a ute... but yeh it dus smell in the tray. i didnt wanna have to take the bloody thing out aye. so much effort for a stupid problem...

[Bz Kn33z]

Its really not that much of a hard job, but if there was a fuel leak in the engine bay i wouldnt like to stand around it lol

[bboystyles]

how do u clean the carbon canister? the cabin also stinks of fuel even if the motor isnt running, i leave the car parked sumwhere then go back to it in a few hrs nd it smells, so most likelt its one of those hoses right?

[vlv8vic]

just do a match test, hold a match near where it smells. If there is a leak the fire will be attracted to the fumes which in turn come from the leak.
or not.

I'd be looking for any weeping etc of hoses. it won't necessarily be a leak with dripping etc.

[bboystyles]

i jus checked the all the hoses under the ute and to and from the carbon canister, no cracks or anything.... it pretty much smells in the cabin, in the tray and in the engine bay...maybe i shuld jus blow my hole ute up nd start from scratch :P

[wrx884]

have u checked the breather hoses from the filler pipe as suggested yet?

[bboystyles]

from the filler pipe? i remember seeing a small pipe thing comming of it a while ago but it didnt have a hose coming off it....shuld it?

[wrx884]

In my manual i cant see pics of the top of the filler pipe but theres 3 hoses connected 2 the top of the tank 2 smaller breather hoses around 5mm thick and another thicker breather hose mayb 10-15mm thick? they all run 2 the top of ur filler pipe, i think the thicker pipe thats an over flow hose that lets air out and if fuel gets drawn back it'll go through that pipe n go back into ur tank wen u fill it up not 100% sure but id say ud have 3 other hoses connected 2 the top of ur filler pipe the same as a sedan. check those 4 cracks or if u dont have them that could b ur reason 4 smell?

[bboystyles]

the picture is of the filler pipe at the moment. shuld there be a hose coming off that small breather pipe at the front?