Vapor recovery tank. EVAP canister.

BenT

On Jul 10, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> In the driver's side front wheel well is a bulgy-shaped tank of
> translucent white plastic. Looks like something that fell out of a cow's
> nose, if the cow was the size of a house.
> 
> There is a tube, or stiff hose, that goes to it, or sorta close to it.
> My son and I found this loose tube today when we were routing wires for
> gauge senders from the engine compartment forward. Can't tell where the
> tube went or if it's just supposed to hang there, open like that.
> 
> See photo at
> 
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FoRHHsDdb8sM2I7wJ6XxVlJbs0jfqWzYGmp3wNhwT3E?feat=directlink>
> 
> What is that tank and what is that tube/hose?
> 
> 1984, 1.9L, auto transmission. Shoe size: 10W, favorite color: orange.
> 
> 
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> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
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