Removing Charcoal Box

[Chrisdaman]

what do i need to plug off to not affect my engine?
heres a pic of my bay to help. I think theres a Vacuum return pip that goes into the throttle body. Do i need to plug that off?

Cheers
Chris

 

[Roelích]

That a 1.8 16v?

 

[andyj]

2.0 16v ABF

 

[Roelích]

Looks a bit different to my ABF is all...

 

[andyj]

yup, 2.0 16v...

here's one of his earlier posts

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=125177

 

[Roelích]

Just read that thread mate, and apparently it is a 1.8 16v

Ah well...

 

[Jamin Berry]

Definatly a 1.8 16v.

Wtf is a charcoal box?

 

[Chrisdaman]

yeh it's a 1.8 lol, sorry for the confusion, its the ADL lump, the charcoal canister goes down by the driver's side wing, there are a couple of pipes going in to it and i wanna disconnect it as it does nothing for the performance, it's pointless

 

[Jamin Berry]

Well what is it supposed to do? Ive never heard of it nor knew it exsisted

 

[Czechboy]

I think it just collect crap from the oil fumes or something

BTW Chris your signature still says its a 2.0 16v

 

[goble]

no it collects fuel vapour and SHOULD NOT be blocked

 

[Jamin Berry]

Goble 1 - Chris 0

 

[Chrisdaman]

lol that round goes to him, anywhere i can move it, it fell out of my car the other day and dragged along the ground :S, its cable tied around my CDA at the moment

 

[Chrisdaman]

I think it just collect crap from the oil fumes or something

BTW Chris your signature still says its a 2.0 16v

not any more mate

 

[Jamin Berry]

I prefered your old sig. You should have just ammended it.

 

[Chrisdaman]

will do, just got bored, thought it might look cool, needs to be bigger

 

[Jamin Berry]

Now thats alot nicer!

 

[Chrisdaman]

cheers, thought it better nicer and shinier than the one before

 

[RobT]

got rid of mine - no problems - as has been said, it collects the vapour from the fuel tank, stores it adsorbed t the carbon, and then when the engine is running to temp, a valve is opened and the engine sucks some of its intake air through the canister and dries it out again.

You need to keep the vent from the tank open but could put a rollover valve and a small K+N on it - to be safe - the tube that goes to the inlet manifold can be blocked off.

But your not supposed to do this....emissions and all that....bit like taking a cat off the car

Rob

 

[Jamin Berry]

RobT 1 - Seat Technician 0