I was Driving from K.C. to Jefferson City, Missouri about Three years ago in
the mid-west July heat 90o to 95o to make a LBC show that afternoon I filled
up in K.C. on the way out of town and having a OE non-vented gas cap on
board I fill the tank with EVERY drop the car could hold (running out the
fill neck) with the thought of trying to make the trip on one tank and no
stops I was driving like a mad man cruzing between 80 and 90 mph for well
over three hours well as I was entering the outer limits of Jeff City my
blatter was screaming so I pulled in to a gas station and hopped out as I
was going across the bay the attendant screamed that flames were coming out
the tail pipe (like an old fifties cruzer) I popped the bonnet and there was
raw gas rolling down the firewall (a gas falls so to speak) from the carbon
canister so I shut the car down for fear of fire under the bonnet so about
1/2 hour and a few beers later I went back to check on the car expecting
the worst and the lake of gas under it to my astonishment the firewall and
everything around it was dry so I fired it up and everything was great so I
preceded on to the show as I stated this happened three years ago and
everything has been OK so did I do great damage? and do I rebuild the
canister? and what exactly happened that day? kcmgb
----- Original Message -----
From: "frank krajewski" <frankk@intap.net>
To: "kcmgb" <kcmgb@kc.rr.com>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Carbon Cannister
> When it finally clogs up or stops "breathing"!
> Frank Krajewski
>
> kcmgb wrote:
>
> > How pray tell does one know when one needs to change/rebuild ones carbon
> > canister on ones "B"? Mine is exactly Thirty years old this May 17th.
but I
> > only have 47,000 and some change showing on the odometer. kcmgb
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "frank krajewski" <frankk@intap.net>
> > To: <RobMGB@aol.com>
> > Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 7:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: Carbon Cannister
> >
> > > Rob: I recently removed and resurrected my carbon charcoal canisters
much
> > like
> > > you are doing. I used aquarium charcoal after numerous rinsings to
purge
> > the
> > > charcoal dust. Then I replaced those circular screens with
ScotchBrite
> > using the
> > > original screen filters as templates. I believe I got this advice on
this
> > list
> > > some time ago. It's the ScotchBrite(mine is green in color) that
contains
> > no
> > > detergents or other cleansing ingredients. They are also good for
cleaning
> > the
> > > inside of the SU dash pots as they won't abrade or remove any of the
dash
> > pot
> > > aluminum.
> > > Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
> > > www.bmcne.com
> > >
> > > RobMGB@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > OK I remember from previous threads that you can replace the
charcoal
> > with
> > > > that for fish tank filters. But what about the filter clothes top
and
> > bottom.
> > > > Can they be cleaned with something or what can they be replaced with
> > > > something that is earily obtainable.
> > > >
> > > > RobMGB
> > > > 74B
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