On behave of my grandchildren, I'd like to thank Shane for his help in
controlling air pollution.
Sorry if this starts a war, just felt it had to be said.
-- Miles Harris III Simi Valley, CA 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto http://www.spikesautos.homestead.com/Dak1.html Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/PfCA4R1zO470wShane Moseley <smoseley@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article <3AAA8134.2985D9EC@ix.netcom.com>... > fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote: > > > Yeah it's a no maintenance thing but be careful you don't pull one of the tubes > > out... I did somehow and it set off the check engine light (MIL). > > I can't speak on the black box under truck thingy (cause mine is under the hood) but > if this is your charcoal cannister, it receives fumes or vapors that accumulate and > get pressurized by the fuel sloshing around in the gas tank. > > I pulled mine out along with all the vacuum hoses that connect it to the solenoid > (black thing on back of drivers side fuel rail). I also removed the line that teed > into the intake manifold full-vacuum port during my MPI install. This was at least > 1.5 years ago if not 2+ years. The ONLY adverse effect that I have found is that if > you have a very full tank of gas and do alot of quick stops and hard launches, it > will cause the pressure to build up and will case the "Incorrect purge flow" MIL to > illuminate. Its only happened to me about 4 times in a LONG time. Since I always > have my scan tool and cable (connected fulltime 8) - I just turn it off. Believe it > or not - having it come on - and knowing how to cause it to come on - actually > HELPED me demo my scan tools ability to turn off the MIL. I didn't even have to > stop - open hood - and dink w/something....just did a few stop-n-gos w/a full > tank... > > No - I don't have to bow down to the smog lords 8). And you must leave the solenoid > electrical connection connected at all times (mines just hanging off the harness > back there somewhere) or you will get a permanent MIL. > > My $0.02 - hope it helps... > > Latr, > > Shane (2,021 DML messages to go 8( ) > > -- > '96 IndyRam-HisIndy-MPI/TB/Pulleys/AccelCoil/MPComp/HookerSuperComps/CompTAs > '96 IndyRam-HerIndy-numbered(#142)"Track Truck" > '74 Triple-Black Dodge Challenger Rallye 360 home-brew EFI R&D vehicle > '68 Black Corvette Convertible 427 (For Sale) > > >
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