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Does the 16v have a EGR valve??

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    Charcoal canister is part of the pollution control on cars so =
equipped.
Brian D

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Dan Smith=20
  To: Ryan H=20
  Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:20 PM
  Subject: Re: Does the 16v have a EGR valve??


  Well, charcoal is supposed to filter out pollutants, so maybe it was =
meant to filter out exhaust fumes from other cars or something. Though I =
do know charcoal doesn't have a real long life so I know it's not =
filtering much of anything anymore.=20

  Dan=20

   Ryan H <rhock99@epix.net> wrote:=20

    That's me with the tech article... as for its use, I don't think =
anyone is 100% sure, but I found as much as I could about it and put it =
in my own words. And yeah, it only weighs about 2 pounds for the whole =
system. But you get rid of three vacuum lines that are potential =
leakers:
    http://home.epix.net/~rhock99/tech_cc.htm


    > AFAIK, the charcoal canister is meant for the cabin air. It's =
supposed to filter out some of the nasty crap outside before the air =
goes inside. Someone, I forget who, had a tech article on how to get rid =
of it, although it doesn't weigh much (about 1lb if I remember =
correctly).



     Michael Abatzis <abatzis2@hotmail.com> wrote:=20

      not on the 16v. i think some of the early 8v's have em though. i =
think the=20
      crankcase breather system performs the same function, but no =
valve. there is=20
      a mysterious charcoal canister, but i haven't a clue as to what =
that does.=20
      useless as always,


      -Michael Abatzis
      Hotlanta! GA
      1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders:=20
      www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
      1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...





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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charcoal canister is part of the =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Does the 16v have =
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  valve??</DIV>
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  <P>Well, charcoal is supposed to filter out pollutants, so maybe it =
was meant=20
  to filter out exhaust fumes from other cars or something. Though I do =
know=20
  charcoal doesn't have a real long life so I know it's not filtering =
much of=20
  anything anymore.=20
  <P>Dan=20
  <P>&nbsp;<B><I>Ryan H &lt;<A=20
  href=3D"mailto:rhock99@epix.net";>rhock99@epix.net</A>&gt;</I></B> =
wrote:=20
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
PADDING-LEFT: 5px">That's=20
    me with the tech article... as for its use, I don't think anyone is =
100%=20
    sure, but I found as much as I could about it and put it in my own =
words.=20
    And yeah, it only weighs about 2 pounds for the whole system. But =
you get=20
    rid of three vacuum lines that are potential=20
    =
leakers:<BR>http://home.epix.net/~rhock99/tech_cc.htm<BR><BR><BR>&gt; =
AFAIK,=20
    the charcoal canister is meant for the cabin air. It's supposed to =
filter=20
    out some of the nasty crap outside before the air goes inside. =
Someone, I=20
    forget who, had a tech article on how to get rid of it, although it =
doesn't=20
    weigh much (about 1lb if I remember correctly).<BR><BR>
    <P>
    <P>&nbsp;<B><I>Michael Abatzis &lt;abatzis2@hotmail.com&gt;</I></B> =
wrote:=20
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    style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
PADDING-LEFT: 5px">not=20
      on the 16v. i think some of the early 8v's have em though. i think =
the=20
      <BR>crankcase breather system performs the same function, but no =
valve.=20
      there is <BR>a mysterious charcoal canister, but i haven't a clue =
as to=20
      what that does. <BR>useless as always,<BR><BR><BR>-Michael=20
      Abatzis<BR>Hotlanta! GA<BR>1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP--&gt;parting, =
finally=20
      taking orders:=20
      <BR>www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html<BR>1987 =
Scirocco 2L=20
      =
16v...<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTM=
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