On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Barry Schwartz wrote:
> Someone Else wrote: [sorry, I missed the original poster - mdb]
> >toward the drivers side. The only venting equipment for the car is one long
> >hose that ran to the front of the car to the carbon canister. The material
> >the vent line is made of is the same as the raw fuel line that leaves the
> >top
> >of the tank and joins the steel line near the rear axle. There is no
> >evidence
> >of a catch tank in the trunk compartment
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> Yep, that what I should have stated, after thinking about it later. It was
> on the filler cap itself not on the tank (remembering how difficult the cap
> was to remove because of that fitting) and using the plastic type of line
> as described.
> ...
> neck and the top of the tank to provide for expansion of vapors (but
> reducing overall tank capacity). This in lew of the vapor recovery tanks
> in the later cars rear wing area
Barry and others,
My '70 Mk3 has the vent line AND a recovery tank in the boot. The vent
tube exits the filler neck to the passenger side, goes all the way around
the boot rim once and into the catch tank. Another line goes from the
catch tank forward along the frame rail to the plastic charcoal canister
in the engine bay. My car is a late '70 Mk3 and has many elements of the
MkIV. I always assumed that was one of them...
What do you think?
Mike Burdick
Omaha NE.
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