Getting rid of the gas smell Options

[mepstein]

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.

[bperry]

I'll be curious how well it works. The main thing that concerns me is the "charcoal" itself.
What does the original carbon in the filter look like?

I've been actively maintaining aquariums for a hobby for over 40 years and never had good look with the pellitized charcoal. It was much cheaper but at least for use in aquarium filters, to put it bluntly, "it sucked". It didn't maintain the water quality even close to the way activated carbon granules does.
The best stuff I've used is Marineland Black Diamond activated carbon.
Another one I've recently started using is Premium granulated carbon under the Doctors Foster and Smith brand from their website. A bit lower cost than the Black Diamond but seems to work as well.

At least with the carbon for aquariums you can tell the good stuff as soon as you rinse it.
You can hear the carbon sizzling as it makes contact with the water.

The worst stuff I ever used was from Hartz.
That stuff looked like actual coal (shiny and very hard) and had no filtering capability at all.

--- bill