The charcoal cannister probably overflowed as it did because the vent
line back to the fuel separator in the boot or the line from separator to
tank was plugged. It can get an amazing rust/gas/dust sludge in the line
that effectively keeps it from venting the tank properly as the gasoline
in the tank expands with air temp and the heat from exhaust pipe warming
the tank. Just clear the vent line (best solution) or cut a notch in the
rubber gasket to make the cap vent (a DPO solution)
Bob
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:05:21 -0600 "kcmgb" <kcmgb@kc.rr.com> writes:
> I was Driving from K.C. to Jefferson City, Missouri about Three years
> ago in
> the mid-west July heat 90o to 95o to make a LBC show that afternoon
> I filled
> up in K.C. on the way out of town and having a OE non-vented gas
> cap on
> board I fill the tank with EVERY drop the car could hold (running
> out the
> fill neck) with the thought of trying to make the trip on one tank
> and no
> stops I was driving like a mad man cruzing between 80 and 90 mph
> for well
> over three hours well as I was entering the outer limits of Jeff
> City my
> blatter was screaming so I pulled in to a gas station and hopped out
> as I
> was going across the bay the attendant screamed that flames were
> coming out
> the tail pipe (like an old fifties cruzer) I popped the bonnet and
> there was
> raw gas rolling down the firewall (a gas falls so to speak) from the
> carbon
> canister so I shut the car down for fear of fire under the bonnet
> so about
> 1/2 hour and a few beers later I went back to check on the car
> expecting
> the worst and the lake of gas under it to my astonishment the
> firewall and
> everything around it was dry so I fired it up and everything was
> great so I
> preceded on to the show as I stated this happened three years ago
> and
> everything has been OK so did I do great damage? and do I rebuild
> the
> canister? and what exactly happened that day? kcmgb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "frank krajewski" <frankk@intap.net>
> To: "kcmgb" <kcmgb@kc.rr.com>
> Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Carbon Cannister
>
>
> > When it finally clogs up or stops "breathing"!
> > Frank Krajewski
> >
> > kcmgb wrote:
> >
> > > How pray tell does one know when one needs to change/rebuild
> ones carbon
> > > canister on ones "B"? Mine is exactly Thirty years old this May
> 17th.
> but I
> > > only have 47,000 and some change showing on the odometer. kcmgb
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "frank krajewski" <frankk@intap.net>
> > > To: <RobMGB@aol.com>
> > > Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 7:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Carbon Cannister
> > >
> > > > Rob: I recently removed and resurrected my carbon charcoal
> canisters
> much
> > > like
> > > > you are doing. I used aquarium charcoal after numerous
> rinsings to
> purge
> > > the
> > > > charcoal dust. Then I replaced those circular screens with
> ScotchBrite
> > > using the
> > > > original screen filters as templates. I believe I got this
> advice on
> this
> > > list
> > > > some time ago. It's the ScotchBrite(mine is green in color)
> that
> contains
> > > no
> > > > detergents or other cleansing ingredients. They are also good
> for
> cleaning
> > > the
> > > > inside of the SU dash pots as they won't abrade or remove any
> of the
> dash
> > > pot
> > > > aluminum.
> > > > Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
> > > > www.bmcne.com
> > > >
> > > > RobMGB@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > OK I remember from previous threads that you can replace the
> charcoal
> > > with
> > > > > that for fish tank filters. But what about the filter
> clothes top
> and
> > > bottom.
> > > > > Can they be cleaned with something or what can they be
> replaced with
> > > > > something that is earily obtainable.
> > > > >
> > > > > RobMGB
> > > > > 74B
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