If it feels and sounds like the contents are one solid charcoal
briquette, then you would want to probably replace the thing (Or drill
it, empty it and refill it with activated charcoal). But if it still
seems to have a granulated charcoal filling, see if you can vacuum air
through it with a hand pump. If it still passes air it's probably in okay
shape.
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Congratulations! You are taking paranoid maintenance syndrome to a new
high.
Who diagnosed that you have a bad canister?
Get another one from a wrecking yard ............... nobody ever removed
them from any Vanagon I've ever seen in a wrecking yard.
More than likely the canister fits many VW applications ..............
check out other VW potentials.

Stan Wilder

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