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If you remove the top two hoses on the canister one pulls off and the other has a clip on it
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There is a hose connected to the throttle body this must be taken off this is again a push fit
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Just above the header tank, there is a connector this must be unplugged as well
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Now the two bottom hoses must be disconnected - one has a clip on the other is a push fit
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Once these have been disconnected the canister can be lifted out, and you will be left with two open-ended pipes see picture:
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By using the bottom pipe from the canister you can join the two pipes together with the two cable wraps as in the pictures:
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With the connector that you took off I just taped it back to the wiring loom, see picture:
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On the throttle body, you will have the open-ended connection, see picture:
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This needs to be blocked off, I used a blank that was on the end of one of the fixing bolts on the rear lights. This must be blocked off so if you cannot find one of the rear light blanks then use a piece of the small section pipe from the canister fold over and use a cable wrap to make a blank.
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so that it is like this
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if you remove the bracket that the canister was attached to(two 10mm bolts) then this is what you have taken out
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here is a picture of the engine bay minus the charcoal canister
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I must say it took me longer to upload the pictures and write this article than it did to do the job.
- 10mm spanner/socket
- pair of pliers
- 2 or 3 small cable wraps
- Stanley knife
If you remove the top two hoses on the canister one pulls off and the other has a clip on it
There is a hose connected to the throttle body this must be taken off this is again a push fit
Just above the header tank, there is a connector this must be unplugged as well
Now the two bottom hoses must be disconnected - one has a clip on the other is a push fit
Once these have been disconnected the canister can be lifted out, and you will be left with two open-ended pipes see picture:
By using the bottom pipe from the canister you can join the two pipes together with the two cable wraps as in the pictures:
With the connector that you took off I just taped it back to the wiring loom, see picture:
On the throttle body, you will have the open-ended connection, see picture:
This needs to be blocked off, I used a blank that was on the end of one of the fixing bolts on the rear lights. This must be blocked off so if you cannot find one of the rear light blanks then use a piece of the small section pipe from the canister fold over and use a cable wrap to make a blank.
so that it is like this
if you remove the bracket that the canister was attached to(two 10mm bolts) then this is what you have taken out
here is a picture of the engine bay minus the charcoal canister
I must say it took me longer to upload the pictures and write this article than it did to do the job.
