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I removed some parts. Did I screwup?
I recently did this on two different cars. They were Rabbits but still. I
got rid of the vacuum distributor (the thing that mounts to the driver's
side strut tower), got rid of the EGR valve (in one case, all together since
I swapped on a non-EGR valve intake and ported for the larger TB, the other
I just capped off the exhaust port to the EGR and whatever else there was to
cap off). Other than those two things, I got rid of all vacuum lines except
for the vacuum advance (both cars have been upgraded to electronic ignition
so no retard), the large tube for the idle stabilizer and the brake booster
tube; got rid of all five of the canisters (one on the hood, one under the
car in front of the trans, two in the drivers fender well, and one in the
passenger side fender well) and anything else that even remotely looked like
it was related to the emissions. So, basically, when it came down to the
F.I. system, all there was left was the cold start system which includes the
cold start injector and the thermo time switch, the idle system, and the
injectors and warm-up regulator. It basically helps alot when diagnosing!
There is only so much that can be wrong!
Anyway, once I was done, there was a huge pile of unnecessary parts. Kinda
nice to have all the extra room too!
As far as venting fumes to the atmosphere, I figured that they would get
there eventually when they are vented to a cannister. What do they expect
to happen? Are we supposed to take these things in and have them vented in
some controlled environment?? What happens to these things when you get
rid of your car like take it to a wrecking yard, do they dispose of them
correctly?? I think it's just one more way for the government to hike up
the cost of vehicles by requiring these meaningless contraptions to be
installed on cars when there is no way to dispose of the contents. Yet
another environmental catch 22!
Just my opinion!
Dave
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <rocco16v@netzero.net>; <jsoutherland16@comcast.net>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: I removed some parts. Did I screwup?
> How should this be capped off? Should I just leave the line open?
> I have the line running to just in front of the front wheel..
> I could put the container back, but I sealed the wheel wells with MKII
wheel
> well covers.(Looks better and will stay cleaner)
>
>
>
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
> www.menloparkrandd.com
> www.montgomeryweb.org
> Amsterdam NY
>
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>
> >From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> >To: "Jeff Southerland" <jsoutherland16@comcast.net>,"Julie Macfarlane"
> ><juliemac57@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: I removed some parts. Did I screwup?
> >Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:56:30 -0700
> >
> >Julie/Jeff-
> > This is carbon canister stuff. It prevents gasoline vapors from
> >reaching the atmosphere. Disconnecting it won't affect the running of
your
> >'roc, but will add slightly to polution.
> >
> >Larry
> >sandiego16v
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff Southerland
> > To: Julie Macfarlane ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: I removed some parts. Did I screwup?
> >
> >
> > I just did the same thing, but I left the "tennis ball holder", which
is
> >a
> > vacuum canister. The other stuff is all unnecessary equipment for
these
> >old
> > cars, as I understand it, and didn't make a difference on my 79. The
> >tank on
> > the front passenger side has a hose that runs to the gas tank
> >ventilation
> > system. Which is made up of yet another tank just behind the filler
neck
> >and
> > some vent hoses from the tank. What I read about it says it guards
> >against
> > the gas tank collapsing. I have not found any evidence that removing
the
> > front stuff, as many before you and I have, has a negative effect.
HTH,
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:47 PM
> > Subject: I removed some parts. Did I screwup?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > In the front of the drivers side quarter,there is a plastic thingy
> >with a
> > > valve, a vac connection from the manifold and another hose that runs
> >to
> > the
> > > rear pass side quarter and another plastic tank. One of the hoses
from
> > there
> > > runs to the rear of the car in a clear plastic tube.
> > >
> > > I removed both tanks, sealed the vac line and left the rearward hose
> >open.
> > > Did I do OK?and what did I just remove?
> > >
> > >
> > > Julie Macfarlane
> > > Menlo Park Research & Development
> > > Internet Application Developer
> > > www.menloparkrandd.com
> > > www.montgomeryweb.org
> > > Amsterdam NY
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