Removing Carbon Canister And Air Con

[rad100]

hey all,

wondering if anyone has some info on how to remove air con and the carbon canister on a r32 gtst?

i cant find anything helpfull on here or google..

want to make more room in the engine bay and also fit a catch can where the carbon canister is!

cheers

[blind_elk]

If the car is to remain a road car, then it has to have the carbon canister (part of the ADR / EPA requirements). You can fit a small catch can beside the battery.

To remove the A/C, you need to go to a registered A/C place so they can remove the gas - you can't just let it vent to atmosphere.

[bigmikespec]

you can't just let it vent to atmosphere.

Wrong

[rad100]

im just gonna let it vent out then remove it!

[blind_elk]

Wrong

Why?

[bigmikespec]

Why?

Because you can, I did.

[Hibino]

It's like mega toxic that shit. Kind of equivalent to tipping your old oil straight down the drain, which I hope you don't do.

[rad100]

haha.. i got it all off, just need to find a way to remove the air con pump..

power pump is in the way of the bolts to get it off...

rb25 this is!

[blind_elk]

Because you can, I did.

Doesn't make it legal. Or safe.

[Adriano]

Depends which gas

[DaShMiEsTeR]

yo mate, did you get all this done?

for the carbon canister

just want to know what you did with the one underneath the throttle. do you block it?

could you post a pic? what did you replace all the metal tubing with?

I wanted to do it but extending the line to the BOV would make it crazy long.

cheers

[DaShMiEsTeR]

haha.. i got it all off, just need to find a way to remove the air con pump..

power pump is in the way of the bolts to get it off...

rb25 this is!

I left mine in and when I got my belts done next I got them to take it off. No extra charge and no messing around.

[rad100]

yeh i just ditched all the carbon canister and just left the hard lines.

the air con i did the same thing, removed the pump, lines, condensor everything.

heaps more room infront of the rad. air con in a skyline is over rated!

[Simon-S14]

prob with no carbon canistor is that the fuel tank vent line just vents vapours in the engine bay.. dont block it off either then the tank has no pressure releif

[PM-R33]

Hence why you should take the hard line all the way out and have it venting at the rear of the car.

[Simon-S14]

i run a hose on my hardline to the outside of the engine bay

[rad100]

yeh my line that vents runs down to under the chassis.

[PaulosECR33]

Depends which gas

r12 and 134a are both bad and lpg is rarely used so unless you use lpg in your air con it unsafe to vent. try breathing it in next time and youll see

Edited March 4, 2011 by PaulosECR33

[GreddyGo]

How did you go removing the evaporator etc. under the dash? Or you not going that far.

[rad100]

didnt go that far!