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

[jim_hoyland]

My '75 1.8 L-Jet originally had the charcoal canister mounted to the battery hold down bolt. Some later models had the canister mounted to the rear of the engine bay. The rear mounted cars have a permanent stud dot the mounting.

Early cars have a special bracket for mounting over the gas tank. When you look at the brackets, the difference is apparent. The charcoal canisters are easily obtained, post a WTB in the classifieds.