eliminating charcoal canister purge

[Tintin]

Hiya guys ,

I had my UIM off today and noticed that the pipe running from the oil trap to the purge control is split all around the end of the oil trap , this has been caused because the hose i used didn\'t really fit over the end of the oil trap , had to really heat it up to get it on , if I just replace it its going to happen again and if i use a bigger hose it probably wont seal on the purge valve properly so the question is should I just remove the whole darn lot

What are the pros and cons of removing it

Cheers

Paul

[interloper393]

not sure but i removed all mine without any probs lol

[Tintin]

Did you block the pipe to the charcoal canister off or did you just vent it to atsomphere

I\'m leaning towards ripping it out at the mo but am not sure whether to block the pipe or vent it ?

If I do decide to get rid I probably won\'t rip all of it out at the mo , I\'d probably just rip out the under bonnet stuff for now

[interloper393]

keep the metal fuel lines as they cn be used for fuel mods, i just added a hose n vented it to the atmosphere

[Tintin]

cool , so in theory I could just pop a small filter on the end of the metal hose in the engine bay and rip the rest out ( blocking the nipple on the UIM obviously )

Just out of curiousity what would happen if you plugged the pipe instead of venting it

[interloper393]

think it`ll build up pressure and blow you up lol

[Tintin]

well thats the only reason I could think off but surely if the car is sat for a long period without being started it would have the same effect as there being no vent

[interloper393]

lol dont see it being serious if you did but i dunno bud i just added a hose n directed it away fro the engine think i tiewraped it to the ac pipe

[Tintin]

ah I see , you left the charcoal canister in and just got rid of the underbonnet stuff like I was thinking , take it you didn\'t add a filter to the end of the hose

[interloper393]

no i ripped eerything out