Great. Thanks Dennis. I googled that part number you supplied. Seems to be
the same part I have lying in a box somewhere .... back home.

Looking at p.20.3 In Bentley I see how my Vanagon charcoal filter was set
up (while it was still an air cooled Vanagon).

When the mood and safe place to do so strike, I'll  have a closer look at
things

On Thursday, August 14, 2014, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

The new canister does still have a bottom vent, a large one. Just not
> through a hose tucked into the frame. Fuel vapor containment/recovery
> systems have been with us since the late 60's. The purge valve on your
> vanagon was vacuum operated and opened as the throttle opened. Later
> vehicles even have an air pump to pressurize the system and failure to hold
> pressure gives a fault code.
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> Dennis
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