280z Carbon Canister

[Milenko2121]

well I just broke off the tip of the canister that goes to my dizzy vacuum advance.

Where can I get a replacement or is there a way to bypass it?

[Walter Moore]

Do you mean the emissions control charcoal canister in the engine compartment, or the vacuum advance dashpot on the distributor?

[Captain Obvious]

You can get a replacement anywhere used parts are sold.

You could bypass it if you do it right, but there's no performance cost and there are eco-benefits. I'm a tree hugger.

[Milenko2121]

Do you mean the emissions control charcoal canister in the engine compartment, or the vacuum advance dashpot on the distributor?

the canister on the passenger side. I do believe it's the carbon canister that filters stuff.

You can get a replacement anywhere used parts are sold.

You could bypass it if you do it right, but there's no performance cost and there are eco-benefits. I'm a tree hugger.

how can I bypass it until I find another one? I only want to bypass the vacuum advance that goes to my distributer, or to be techincal, it goes to a T fitting that goes to my distributer and I believe my thottle body.

Edited January 17, 2012 by Milenko2121

[Captain Obvious]

The purpose of that canister is to capture and store gasoline vapors that evaporate from your gas tank while the car is parked. The vapors are stored in that can, and the next time the car is started, those stored vapors are sucked into the engine and burned.

As a temporary fix until you find yourself a new can, you should be able to cap the line that comes from the throttle body and leave the nipple on the carbon canister hang open. Done that way, the engine will still suck a tiny bit of the vapors, but not as much as it should.

So the plastic nipple that snapped off... If it's the one that goes to the same "T" as the distributor, then that's the one that goes to the plastic CAP on the canister, right? If that's the case, then you should be able to just replace the cap, not the whole can.

[Milenko2121]

The purpose of that canister is to capture and store gasoline vapors that evaporate from your gas tank while the car is parked. The vapors are stored in that can, and the next time the car is started, those stored vapors are sucked into the engine and burned.

As a temporary fix until you find yourself a new can, you should be able to cap the line that comes from the throttle body and leave the nipple on the carbon canister hang open. Done that way, the engine will still suck a tiny bit of the vapors, but not as much as it should.

So the plastic nipple that snapped off... If it's the one that goes to the same "T" as the distributor, then that's the one that goes to the plastic CAP on the canister, right? If that's the case, then you should be able to just replace the cap, not the whole can.

thanks, and yeah, I'm hoping to find a 280z at a junkyard and get a new cap. the canister is fine, it's only that cap.

if anyone were to have a spare by some odd chance, i'd take it off their hands