Charcoal canister, do all 914s have them? Options

[malcolm2]

I decided to spruce up my fan housing during my rebuild. I noticed what looked like a copper tube sticking out of the side. Well I guess it used to stick out. But someone cut it off nice and flush. It deformed a bit and half way closed up the approx 3/8" dia hole. I did some research and found that that pipe would lead to the charcoal canister. Well mine did not come with a charcoal canister. There is no evidence that one was ever mounted either.

'75 1.8 liter with L-jet injection.

Engine was dead when I bought it, so I have never seen it run. Hence the question, did they all have the canister?

Thanks,

Clark

[Dave_Darling]

AFAIK, all US-spec 914s were supposed to have the charcoal canister setup.

I did get a phone call at work (my NASA job!!) many years back from a guy who had a 1970 (?) that did not. The documentation for the car said it had it, but there was no evidence of the lines ever being there. Our conclusion was that it may have originally been intended as a body shell for a non-US car but was changed over at some point during production. Either that, or Klaus and Franz at the factory had one too many beers at lunch that day and forgot to put the parts in.

--DD