However, there is a
>cannister in the boot (right sidewall near the marker light). It is a
>fairly large more or less rectangular affair with hoses to the tank,
>overflow, etc. I don't see any unaccounted ports on this thing so I don't
>know where a line from the front would connect.>
>I can't find a refrence that shows this type cannister.
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what your looking at is probably the vapor recovery/separator tank, not the
carbon canister. The carbon canisters (in triumphs) are almost always
round, plastic, and mounted in the engine compartment somewhere, with two
to three hoses on the top and sometimes a large hose or port at the bottom.
The recovery tank, used on sealed or non-vented fuel systems, is to
provide a small reservoir for any liquid fuel that sloshed out of a full or
slightly over filled (one reason that you are not supposed to top-off
non-vented systems) to collect and eventually evaporate so the canister can
absorb the fumes. The carbon canisters are designed to handle vapors only
and would be ruined (saturated) by liquid fuel.
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire
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