Is the purge canister thingy completely neccisary , or can it be removed and how would I go about doing this ?

 

wat exactly are u talking about?

 

If he really knew, do you think he'd be asking whether or not he needed it?

 

I think hes talking about individual throttle bodies... But I dont know the answer to his question.

 

are you talking about the charcoal canister?

 

Yeah I think it's called the Charcoal canister . It's the little silver canister on the driver side , next to the raidiator with the 3 or 4 hoses running to it .

 

I think hes talking about the the little canister by the firewall on the drivers side with the metal hoses to it, I think it holds brake fluid. You dont need that though, it just holds extra incase you run out and need a refill You can go ahead and get rid of that.

 

^ You are evil, but I still laughed.

 

HAHAHA

It'd be more funnier if he still does it

 

Ha , funny . And by brake fluid reservoir you mean master cylinder . and yes I want a cookie for that :-) I'm talkin about the silver canister on the driver side next to the radiator . I have an S13 if that helps any . It has a hose going to it that says purge which is why I called it a purge canister thingy .

 

yeah the charcoal canister. your gonna wanna keep that because of vac. lines. the purge your reading of the top of it is one of the lines. do not f-word with those that is one way too f-word your car up real quick trust me i know. it took me hours one day to put them all back in the right spot.

 

Ok , what does it do ? I mean , couldn't I just cap the vaccuum lines ? I'm trin to make some room under the hood just in case anyone was wondering . Thanks .

 

Actually....

my guess is that it is a/c related.....assuming you still have ac.

is it about the size of a coke can???

 

Ok, now i originally wasn't going to post in this thread because i thought this had been covered already recently, but here goes.

The charcoal canister absorbs excess fuel vapors that would otherwise just be released into the atmosphere. It's emissions related. One line goes to the fuel tank, the one labeled purge goes to the intake manifold, and the last one allows air to enter the canister so a vacuum is not created when it purges. When the canister 'purges' a valve opens up and the vapors that are chillin in the canister are sucked into the intake manifold. There ya go.

I took mine out when i pulled my engine and i have no intention of putting it back unless my car won't run without it.

 

awesome post! props
thanks for sharing some actually good info rather than some stupid crap like the rest of these posts...