zonker
Just Another FIAT Freak
That 5/8" braided rubber hose that runs from the charcoal canister to the manifold shield, that is. Since I have to smog it, I was looking for the paper covered aluminum hose like you saw on VW bugs and older Ford products, but nobody makes it in a 5/8.
That being said, I think I'm gonna retrofit the VW hose onto the canister bungs by cutting a "bushing" out of a good section of the old hose then sliding it over the tube ends, then sliding the VW 24.5mm hose over that.
Anyone do this? Or did I just waste $9 buying a 3' section of 24.5mm pre-heat hose.
BTW, funny footnote - I was looking in my owners manual at the service intervals for the charcoal canister - it says every 25,000 miles! haha, think my canister even works anymore? Oh well, it's not about function, it's about form. I need to pass the visual check of the smog check.
That being said, I think I'm gonna retrofit the VW hose onto the canister bungs by cutting a "bushing" out of a good section of the old hose then sliding it over the tube ends, then sliding the VW 24.5mm hose over that.
Anyone do this? Or did I just waste $9 buying a 3' section of 24.5mm pre-heat hose.
BTW, funny footnote - I was looking in my owners manual at the service intervals for the charcoal canister - it says every 25,000 miles! haha, think my canister even works anymore? Oh well, it's not about function, it's about form. I need to pass the visual check of the smog check.