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Offline Mikester

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What is this cylinder? PICS ADDED
« on: 08 May 2008, 22:32 »
As you may or may not of read, my car got smashed into today by a van.

Aswell as body damage and rad is gone, theres a cylinder that got dented.

Its behind the drivers side fog light.

What is it? steering? brakes?

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« Last Edit: 10 May 2008, 11:59 by Mikester »
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Offline mat-ryder

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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #1 on: 08 May 2008, 22:39 »
I was wondering the same thing the other day when replacing my lca
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Offline RiCHiE360

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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #2 on: 08 May 2008, 22:50 »
Take a pic dude
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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #3 on: 08 May 2008, 22:52 »
carbon canister, something to do with emssions never under stood how it workes lol
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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #4 on: 08 May 2008, 22:56 »
If its what i think it is now, its a charcoal canister. Apparently it sends wasted vapours back into the fuel tank.(i only know this because i ripped one off my mate novas when i built him a 1.6 turbo lump(vauxhall filth urghh)). :grin:
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Offline Mikester

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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #5 on: 08 May 2008, 22:58 »
when i crashed would this make a hissin noise? is it under pressure? as i thought at first it was my rad, but thinking about it, no water on the road! lol.

But i noticed this had a dent, so could it be this?

And can i run the engine with it broken?
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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #6 on: 08 May 2008, 23:00 »
you may be able to blank it off mate, think its only for emmissions. Have a scan through the haynes manual and see where the pipes run to and from
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Offline Mikester

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Re: What is this cylinder?
« Reply #7 on: 10 May 2008, 11:59 »
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Re: What is this cylinder? PICS ADDED
« Reply #8 on: 10 May 2008, 12:07 »
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Re: What is this cylinder? PICS ADDED
« Reply #9 on: 10 May 2008, 12:18 »
u can remove it, car will work without it
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