Plastic tubing from charcoal canister that runs through rocker Options

[john77]

I'm almost finished flaring my car and when I removed the tubes from the charcoal canister that thread through the rocker supports back into the engine bay the old brittle plastic pretty much disintegrated in my hands.

I'm assuming I can use any similar ODi plastic tubing, does anyone have any suggestions on what they've used to replace this?

And, do they really need to thread all the way underneath the rocker into the engine bay?

I'm guessing they routed them that way so any fumes were released behind the cabin rather than in front of it, so the driver didn't get a lung full.

But given I never drive with my roof on I'm not too bothered about that, so other than that, are there any cons to me running much shorter tubes into the front fender and terminating them there?

[JeffBowlsby]

The two tubes on the early cars circulate engine fan powered air to/from the charcoal canister mounted above the fuel tank. Terminating them in the fender well does nothing.

Another solution would be to mount the canister in the engine bay like the mid-74-76 cars did, but you will need a small diameter tube running through the center tunnel to carry fuel vapor to the engine bay make a functional system.

[john77]

My car's a 73 that was converted into a 6, which makes sense of why they went nowhere now you've explained what they're there for... at least I think.

On my car they were just routed into my engine bay and connected to nothing.

Does that mean I can delete them all together?

The two tubes on the early cars circulate engine fan powered air to/from the charcoal canister mounted above the fuel tank. Terminating them in the fender well does nothing.

Another solution would be to mount the canister in the engine bay like the mid-74-76 cars did, but you will need a small diameter tube running through the center tunnel to carry fuel vapor to the engine bay make a functional system.

[ClayPerrine]

My car's a 73 that was converted into a 6, which makes sense of why they went nowhere now you've explained what they're there for... at least I think.

On my car they were just routed into my engine bay and connected to nothing.

Does that mean I can delete them all together?

The two tubes on the early cars circulate engine fan powered air to/from the charcoal canister mounted above the fuel tank. Terminating them in the fender well does nothing.

Another solution would be to mount the canister in the engine bay like the mid-74-76 cars did, but you will need a small diameter tube running through the center tunnel to carry fuel vapor to the engine bay make a functional system.

You should hook them back up. It will keep the fuel smell down.

Hook one of the tubes to the fan shroud on the six, the other one into the air cleaner. And you have to hook them up correctly. The airflow through the canister has to go the right way.

Clay

[john77]

Thanks @ClayPerrine

I'll have to wait until I'm back in front of my car to check this out.

Does anyone have pictures of these connections on a 6?

My car's a 73 that was converted into a 6, which makes sense of why they went nowhere now you've explained what they're there for... at least I think.

On my car they were just routed into my engine bay and connected to nothing.

Does that mean I can delete them all together?

The two tubes on the early cars circulate engine fan powered air to/from the charcoal canister mounted above the fuel tank. Terminating them in the fender well does nothing.

Another solution would be to mount the canister in the engine bay like the mid-74-76 cars did, but you will need a small diameter tube running through the center tunnel to carry fuel vapor to the engine bay make a functional system.

You should hook them back up. It will keep the fuel smell down.

Hook one of the tubes to the fan shroud on the six, the other one into the air cleaner. And you have to hook them up correctly. The airflow through the canister has to go the right way.

Clay