It's a Kryptonite container...

No really, it's an activated charcoal canister which, if you live the state
of Cali, must be plugged in and functional.  This canister should be hooked
up to a vacuum line on one end and the gas tank on another.  It simply
absorbs hydrocarbon emissions from evaporating/expanding gasoline.  My '72
Beetle had one too.

Chris.

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Robert Young <rjyoung67@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have an 83 van air-cooled 2.0L engine and need to identify this cylinder
> shaped object under the vehicle back at the right rear wheel.  thought at
> first it could be the charcoal filter but the plumbing that connects to it
> doesn't make sense.  One line comes from the air filter and the other one
> goes back into the engine compartment at the right side, under the air
> filter and then behind the alternator and disappears into the engine tin.
>  That line turns out is broken and came right out in my hand from under the
> engine tin.  So it's hooked to nothing.  And the size of the lines is like
> my wash machine plumbing.  Is that really the charcoal filter?
> Robert
>
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