Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
From:Chris S
Date:Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:13 -0400

Lighten up.

2009/10/26, mcneely4@cox.net <mcneely4@cox.net>:
> It absorbs hydrocarbon fumes.  With apologies for it not being Friday,
> I'm not sure I understand the point of your last statement.  Do you mean
> that since there are other sources of pollutants, it's ok if we don't
> maintain pollution control equipment on our vehicles?  Like, if there is
> someone beating his wife in China, it is all right if a woman in Texas
> beats her husband?  Fact is, newer gas cans have gaskets and other means
> of blocking fumes.  Another way to help on this is to buy just the
> amount of gasoline you need for a specific job, rather than store it.
> It goes bad, remember.  Even better, do as I do, and don't keep a lawn
> or keep a minimal one and mow it with a battery powered mower that can
> be recharged with wind power.
>
> Dave Mc
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Chris S wrote:
>
>> It's a part of Al Gore's top secret carbon equistration program.
>> Either that or it absorbs the hydrocarbon fumes from our gas tanks
>> when the engine runs.  Maintain it by making sure all the vacuum lines
>> are connected and not leaking, and remember that for every car with a
>> missing canister there are 3 lawn mower gas cans leaking fumes into
>> our atmosphere.
>>
>> 2009/10/26, Michael Sullivan :
>>> What is the purpose of this?  Any maintenance required?  Thanks.
>>> Michael in San Antonio
>>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>>> 73 Beetle
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris S.
>> Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
>

-- 
Wysłane z mojego urządzenia przenośnego

Chris S.
Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"