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Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« on: January 05, 2013, 08:05:03 pm »
Im wanting to relocate my charcoal canister to make room for a catch can. Has anyone done this before? Im aware that you can relocate it to the passenger side with extended hoses somewhere but unsure of where that is? Any pics or advice will help.

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2013, 09:56:08 pm »
What catch can are you looking at as both the Forge and BSH (street recirculation model) fit with the cannister in its original place.
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2013, 10:20:25 pm »
Its the bsh street catch can which I am aware fits but its a very tight and Im going to upgrade it as some point to a bigger one so thought id ask.... Also want to clean the engine bay up.

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2013, 11:30:50 pm »
iirc QD on here put his larger bsh can just in front of the battery.
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 08:52:00 am »

Alex @ AKS has removed it

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 08:54:29 am »

Alex @ AKS has removed it

It needs mapping out though from what Alex has told me, otherwise you get EML on.

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 10:01:10 am »
My car has the larger BSH can and is on the right side as you stand in front of the car looking at the engine bay in front of the battery... only issue with that location is that i also have the BSH intake and the "heatshield" metal piece to enclose the cone filter wont fit which is a PITA!
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 01:45:05 am »
No worries. I've figured out were to relocate it to and I've bought new silicone hoses to do it. Will post pics ASAP.

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 03:53:53 am »
No worries. I've figured out were to relocate it to and I've bought new silicone hoses to do it. Will post pics ASAP.


Did you order Flouro lined hosing?

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 01:19:26 pm »
Not actually ordered them yet. Was going to today. Why do, do you need flouro lined tubes? Ive just looked at flouro lines hoses and they dont seem to be as flexible as vacuum hosing which is going to cause problems!
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2013, 02:15:02 pm »
If you don't use fluro lined hoses then the hoses will "sweat oil" on the outside after a while.
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2013, 02:29:55 pm »
Ok cheers for the advice. Do you know if you can get flexible hoses?

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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2013, 02:36:00 pm »

If you don't use fluro lined hoses then the hoses will "sweat oil" on the outside after a while.


.... x 2 - You definitely should use fluoro lined hoses. They look like this.......................



I got rid of my BSH catchcan :pomppomp:  and I much prefer the Forge.

My fluoro lined hoses are fairly flexible.....................



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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2013, 10:24:01 pm »
You won't need the fluoro lines for relocating the carbon  canister though. No oil runs through it.
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Re: Anyone relocated the charcoal canister?
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2013, 11:13:05 pm »
Thats what I thought! I pulled the oem hoses off and had a look and they were'nt flouro lined ethier.