This is the charcoal filter... OK... what does that do you ask!  This takes
gasoline fumes that come off of the fuel tank and stores them.  Then when
the engine is turned on, as vacuum is created and a valve opens up and the
fumes are sucked into the intake system.

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Todd Last
Sent: June 10, 2001 10:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: What does this part do?

I was looking under my '88 Westy and noticed under the right rear,
behind the coil spring perch in the void between the rear wheels, what
looked like a vacuum diaphragm with hoses (2) that went back to the
engine compartment.

Does anyone know what this thing is and does?

thanks

Todd

'88 Westy