Thread: Charcoal Fuel Vent Canister!

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You can make one easily. Go to store that sells tropical fish, buy a box of activated charcoal, then using a length of tubing, install some hose barbs. BUT, before yoy wast your time and a few bucks, it wont work. I tried it using a Brita water filter cartridge!!

What I ended up doing is adding a stand off about 4-6 inches, installed in the vent hole of the gas tank, then taking a fairly long roll of gas line hose, making a couple of complete circles, then routing outside the car. It's about 90% effective. Any gas that condenses will be sucked back into the gas tank. You also need to use a non-vented gas cap. This was all documented in a thread about 2 years ago here - Gasoline odor

Originally Posted by IC2

You can make one easily. Go to store that sells tropical fish, buy a box of activated charcoal, then using a length of tubing, install some hose barbs. BUT, before yoy wast your time and a few bucks, it wont work. I tried it using a Brita water filter cartridge!!

What I ended up doing is adding a stand off about 4-6 inches, installed in the vent hole of the gas tank, then taking a fairly long roll of gas line hose, making a couple of complete circles, then routing outside the car. It's about 90% effective. Any gas that condenses will be sucked back into the gas tank. You also need to use a non-vented gas cap. This was all documented in a thread about 2 years ago here - Gasoline odor

OK! This was this mornings project. Still smelled gas, off came the canister.
I came off the curley-q with 3 loops as high as and behind the tank.
Then I dropped through the floor and attached a fuel filter with 1/4"
fittings then from the filter a 3' line terminating in the frame rail.
This afternoon it was 84 degrees---No smell!

Dave, I did about the same thing you did and it worked. 2days-no gas smell!
Thanks!
Joe