Charco Canister?
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St. Jude Donor '22
Charco Canister?
Hey all,
I have an 81 can with 5 hoses.
1 hose from carb through Thermal valve to can.
This is the signal hose that opens the valve for purge.
The valve holds vac, so this is good right?
another hose from can that hooks in with the pcv valve into the
throttle plate. This, I believe is the line that purges the can when the signal valve is opened with vacuum.
Can someone confirm or deny this?
I have an 81 can with 5 hoses.
1 hose from carb through Thermal valve to can.
This is the signal hose that opens the valve for purge.
The valve holds vac, so this is good right?
another hose from can that hooks in with the pcv valve into the
throttle plate. This, I believe is the line that purges the can when the signal valve is opened with vacuum.
Can someone confirm or deny this?
Last edited by calwldlife; Jul 1, 2009 at 05:23 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
Would help if I could. My 79 had this many lines, but I ripped them all off. When I put it back together I'll just run the pvc line over to it to pull in the tank fumes & not worry about anything else. I'm sure someone will check tonight.
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Hey all,
I have an 81 can with 5 hoses.
1 hose from carb through Thermal valve to can.
This is the signal hose that opens the valve for purge.
The valve holds vac, so this is good right?
another hose from can that hooks in with the pcv valve into the
throttle plate. This, I believe is the line that purges the can when the signal valve is opened with vacuum.
Can someone confirm or deny this?
I have an 81 can with 5 hoses.
1 hose from carb through Thermal valve to can.
This is the signal hose that opens the valve for purge.
The valve holds vac, so this is good right?
another hose from can that hooks in with the pcv valve into the
throttle plate. This, I believe is the line that purges the can when the signal valve is opened with vacuum.
Can someone confirm or deny this?
Not sure why there are 2 control valves but would guess its some kind of balancing or cycling so the PVC system is not starved.
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Thanks DW.
I have the FSM and yes, it is unclear.
1 hose from bowl
1 hose from tank
1 hose from air cleaner
1 hose from TVS
1 hose from T that joins the PCV
If I did not have too order one, I could put a vacuum pump to
each line at the store and see what is what.
I have the FSM and yes, it is unclear.
1 hose from bowl
1 hose from tank
1 hose from air cleaner
1 hose from TVS
1 hose from T that joins the PCV
If I did not have too order one, I could put a vacuum pump to
each line at the store and see what is what.
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St. Jude Donor '22
This is my 2nd can over the years.
The first OE one was easy too figure out, the Valve on the can that
the TVS opens would not hold vacuum.
My memory is going as well as my skill set.