Well I decided since my AC doesn't work for **** I would take out the annoying lines. So I got some sweet locking wrenches at sears and came back. I got the lines out but had to remove this black cylinder. Not a big deal. But I was wondering what it was? It says PCV on this one part so I take it this is the Positive Crankcase Ventilation thing? Can anyone tell me what it does really. I heard it helps to replace it or some parts of it cuz they wear out. So just some info would be cool, thanks...

 

Its for emisions thats all i know

 

i believe thats your charcoal canister

 

Yep, that's your charcol canister. When I bought my civic, it was missing, so I had to buy another ******* one. But I got one that had like 35k miles on it for dirt cheap

 

What does it do? The tubes/wires going into it look insulated so I thought they had to do with the electrical system or something.

 

absorbs fuel vapors etc

 

I removed mine. You just have to reroute the Vacuum lines. I've never had a problem without it.

 

gotcha!

 

cars today have a sealed gasket tank. as opposed to a vented tank. when the tank gets warm the gas vapors expand and need to be vented. but its not friendly to the environment to have the hydrocarbons(HC) released in the air. so the charcoal cansister is a storage tank for the HC until you start up your car. then vacuum from the intake manifold sucks out the HC vapors and burns them in the engine. it does not hurt engine performance. just might like 1 pound to your car.

 

its all operated off of vacuum. i dont think that there are any electrical components involved with the charcoal canister. its just a simple, vacuum operated emissions deal. the car should run fine with or without it.

 

I don't plan to take it out. But I mean if I can not kill the environment then leave it in. Plus it will help when emissions time rolls around.

 

well I hope that your AC system was drained cause freon kills the environment hella faster...

 

Yea thats for emissions, what it does is through a hose from the gas tank(the red one not braided)feeds the canister fuel tank vapors which are stored in the canister and when you are cruising on the highway the ecu tells the evap purge canister solenoid to open which allows vacum to the small black hose (on top of can) to open the valve (on top) which feeds the throttle body through the red hose(the braided one) and reburns excess fuel tank vapors stored in the can for for efficient fuel usage.

Mike Lindquist A+ Foreign

 

It leaked all out long long ago.

 

did that help ya?????????


Mike lindquist A+ foreign

 

Did what help me?

 

nice topic. i always knew what it was called, but never knew its purpose or how it worked. for the Q & A

 

sorry man i (bearsek) posted under 95cx my friend that posts from my computer sometimes and i posted under his name by accident so what i meant was did the explaination of the evap purge canister help you.(bearsek)


[B]Mike lindquist A+ ForeignB]

 

word to the wise: several states have emissions laws that require the presence of a charcoal canister, so if you have removed yours, be prepared to re-install it when it comes time for emissions. for you lazy people, simply attaching the canister with a couple blind hoses usually works just fine.

 

FYI, that spot makes a GREAT place for a moroso catch can kit

 

Holy hell that engine looks scary!

 

You think that engine bay looks scary? EHHE! Wait till you see my crx's engine bay

STroked 2.0 b16 block/gsr head
T4 Turbo
Liquid to Air intercooler
STR intake manifold 75mm bbk tb and a rps turbo manifold only 4 made in the world. Who has that engine builders book honda. My setup looks just like the one on the front cover.

 

so how do you go about removing it?

 

Very carefully.... one piece at a time.

I was actually about to remove my turbo manidolf recently without removing the DP, or the turbo, or the engine from my car. It was a neat trick, really.

 

I meant, how do you go about eliminating the carcoal canister.