Left Fender Vacuum Canister

[illSHOyou]

Would there be any ill effect by removing this canister on a no A/C SHO?

I have removed the plastic vacuum manifold altogether and taken the main vacuum line stright to the brake booster. It seems to run fine, but I want to make sure I am not creating diasaster of some unforseen thing with the canisters removal? Only thing I can think of is max power for a prolong period and lack of booster assistance after full throttle...? But even then I don't think it will be a problem...

Also, what is the function of the opposing canister in the right fender. Its x4 smaller and has a small 1/8 vacuum hose runing into a diaphram and then into the heater core area?

 

[Phoenix]

That canister is only there to suck up vapor fumes from the gas tank. These fumes either go into the intake or in that canister.

I deleted mine on my 2002.

 

[illSHOyou]

That canister is only there to suck up vapor fumes from the gas tank. These fumes either go into the intake or in that canister.

I deleted mine on my 2002.

Are you talking about the charcol canister? Cause that one sits at the bottom of the engine bay, and yeah that ones gone for sure. There is a little can in the right fender and a larger can in the left fender.

 

[rubydist]

The big vacuum chamber at the top of the left fender stores vacuum to release the park brake via the automatic brake release system when you shift out of park. If you don't use the park brake, that chamber is pointless.

The little vacuum chamber on the right side stores a little vacuum so that the blend door and air diverter do not move when you go to WOT.

 

[SHO Continental]

There's a vacuum canister at the back of the drivers fender that's for the Cruise Control. Removing that will make your cruise control inoperable.

 

[SHOtime2511]

There's a vacuum canister at the back of the drivers fender that's for the Cruise Control. Removing that will make your cruise control inoperable.

I had a vac leak from that damn thing in my 90.
It took me forever to track it down.

 

[Phoenix]

Are you talking about the charcol canister? Cause that one sits at the bottom of the engine bay, and yeah that ones gone for sure. There is a little can in the right fender and a larger can in the left fender.

Yes I was talking about the charcoal one , my bad.

 

[rubydist]

There's a vacuum canister at the back of the drivers fender that's for the Cruise Control. Removing that will make your cruise control inoperable.

ok, that's a difference between atx and mtx - the mtx uses that for cruise but the atx does not. the atx uses it to store vacuum to release the park brake, but apparently the mtx does not.

 

[typhoon5000]

The charcoal canister is the one inside the driver's side of the front bumper cover/fender area, right? It's right behind the wheel well liner under the fender intake box?

I just noticed over the weekend on my '94 MTX I got a few months ago, for some reason, a previous owner attached about a 1/2" rubber hose to this canister and ran it all of the way around the front of the car, and down the entire passenger side along the fuel line routing and finally stops right behind the rear bumper cover. It's just and open rubber hose. WTF was he/she thinking?:shakehead. I can see no advantage to this . Any ideas? Otherwise, I'm yanking it out ASAP.

Also, the cruise doesn't work on it and I suspect the fender vacuum canister has a leak, so thanks for the info.

Here's a pic of the carbon canister:

I haven't been able to see clear enough which fixture the tube is hooked up to on the canister, I could only feel that it was hooked to one of them. Maybe he was trying to vent it to the rear of the car?