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mepstein
post Feb 28 2015, 10:40 AM
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In the past I:
Ran new fuel and vacume lines
Cleaned the interior
Replaced seals and gaskets on the fuel injection

Today I decided it was time to replace the charcoal in the canister next to the fuel tank
I purchased some replacement charcoal on Amazon. I've read that this isn't optimal but I feel it's got to be better than leaving the 45 year old origional mixture in the car.


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post Feb 28 2015, 02:37 PM
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It takes away the smell in the trunk which flows into the cabin.

Alternately, you can run a hose from the expansion tank down along side the drain tube and have it exit under the car like was done for 60 years up until the 70,s
California inspection may be looking for a functional setup, so you would need to re route the intake hose into one of the carbs.
I put mine out under the car, it's fine.

You need to let the pressure out of the tank as it heats and cools.
The canister setup does that in an environmentally friendly way by sucking the fumes through the charcoal and also burning it via the intake.

If you just let it air into the front trunk your car will always smell like fuel.
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post Sep 27 2015, 01:00 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Feb 28 2015, 01:37 PM) *

It takes away the smell in the trunk which flows into the cabin.

Alternately, you can run a hose from the expansion tank down along side the drain tube and have it exit under the car like was done for 60 years up until the 70,s
California inspection may be looking for a functional setup, so you would need to re route the intake hose into one of the carbs.
I put mine out under the car, it's fine.

You need to let the pressure out of the tank as it heats and cools.
The canister setup does that in an environmentally friendly way by sucking the fumes through the charcoal and also burning it via the intake.

If you just let it air into the front trunk your car will always smell like fuel.


Anybody got a diagram of the hose in question mentioned above? Or a photo so I can identify exactly which hose and the proper routing?

My red car is carbureted and has a terrible gas smell inside the drivers area whenever I run it...

Thanks in advance...

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mepstein   Getting rid of the gas smell   Feb 28 2015, 10:40 AM
mepstein   Unlike the mid and late model 914's, on the ea...   Feb 28 2015, 10:43 AM
mepstein   Originally I drilled a small hole but when I dumpe...   Feb 28 2015, 11:01 AM
porsche913b_sp   Keep us updated if it gets rid of the gas smell. I...   Feb 28 2015, 11:27 AM
mepstein   The new lines, clamps and seals made a big differe...   Feb 28 2015, 11:35 AM
mepstein   Next time I'll use a hole saw with the same di...   Feb 28 2015, 12:42 PM
Larmo63   Maybe, (probably) a dumb question here, but do tho...   Feb 28 2015, 01:36 PM
r_towle   It takes away the smell in the trunk which flows i...   Feb 28 2015, 02:37 PM
quadracerx   It takes away the smell in the trunk which flows ...   Sep 27 2015, 01:00 PM
patssle   What about gas/moisture getting into the canister ...   Feb 28 2015, 03:56 PM
bperry   I'll be curious how well it works. The main th...   Sep 27 2015, 02:05 PM
boxsterfan   Did you change the rubber gasket on the fuel fille...   Sep 27 2015, 05:10 PM
Dominic   Did you change the rubber gasket on the fuel fill...   Sep 28 2015, 10:26 PM
Vysoc   Question for bperry? Is there enough room in the ...   Sep 27 2015, 05:53 PM
bperry   Question for bperry? Is there enough room in the...   Sep 28 2015, 10:21 PM
mepstein   Guys, make sure you have replaced all 3 seals on t...   Sep 27 2015, 05:56 PM
arsprod   Guys, make sure you have replaced all 3 seals on ...   Oct 9 2015, 09:16 PM
mepstein   Guys, make sure you have replaced all 3 seals on...   Oct 10 2015, 06:10 AM
RobW   [quote name='arsprod' post='2249994' date='Oct 9 ...   Oct 10 2015, 06:18 AM


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