Expansion tank on top of fuel tank???, anything "inside"....???? Options

[Mueller]

pulling my gas tank to install a new fuel pump, filter and lines......started to wonder if anything was inside the expansion tank.....any reason I couldn't substitute a lighter, smaller tank for the same purpose???

[Joe Bob]

QUOTE (ruddyboys @ Jun 27 2005, 06:43 AM)

QUOTE i removed the expansion tank and charcoal canister. i simply routed the hose that connects the gas tank vent to the expansion tank into the large transparent plastic drain hose. Were does the fuel go from the drain hose?

The expansion tank drains back into the main tank. It's a safety issue not smog related.

The carbon canister is an old school smog device that also keeps odors down. After 30 years it's probably saturated with hydrocarbons. It's a repalcement item.

It does little or no smog protection but the drones at EPA insist that it be there, even if it doesn't work.

BTW, smog control on cars is to a lesser extent Federal (new) and State (new AND used)....nobody "I" know works for THEM.

The individual States can mirror Federal regs, THEY JUST CAN'T BE LESS STRINGENT, adopt their own or reference California's if they are lazy and don't want to do their own research or maintain an agency.