Hi Colin At least my canister is under the bonnet so is accessible. I think I may check it and see if it needs emptying If I think I have recently.had a filling problem, just to ward off potential problems - I think my system may cope with one overfill but not two as I refilled the day before and as the nozle wasn't fully inserted it overfilled so a problem waiting to happen - at least we are all aware +8 or not. So much real life accumulated knowledge in this group - If we could ever get it together Mogtalk could rule the world. Richard M800RGN+8 Ps mediocre bottles of Ventoux talking so feel free to ignore last comment.
Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "e-mail colin.jones5857" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jul 1, 2012 19:57 Subject: [mogtalk2] One for the +8 doctors To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]> Hi Richard I 'discovered' this is France when an over eager petrol attendant washed the back on my +8 with petrol he overfilled it so much and then much arm twirling and throwing buckets of water over the paintwork. All was fine until the next day and about 3 miles in to a day out the thing just cut and reverted to tickover, ticked over a treat until I tried to drive then cleared and did it all over again. I could smell fuel and started to look and found the EVAP pipes full of fuel, a massive struggle got the carbon canister off the car (tucked up alongside the fuel tank) and I poured half a pint of fuel out then let the thing dry in the sun, after that I left the car ticking over for half an hour to dry the pipes. I actually managed to do it again, my fault, when over filling on a long run back to the ferry....never did it again after that! Glad it was a simple one ;-). BR Colin On 1 July 2012 18:43, Richard Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Colin > Absolutely brill - yes I do have advanced Evaps, but not exactly as you > describe, tracing all the petrol lines, my carbon canister sits on the top > of the passenger footwell in front of my radiator expansion tank and the > valve (small black plastic box marked purge) sits on top of it. > Cause and effect are exactly as you descibe and fit my symptoms exactly; > even the overfill that occured in the Shell garage when the auto stop > malfunctioned and I overflowed a bit. Final factor there is a long left > hand slip on to the M4 that is taken at speed and that would have forced > the excess fuel down the vent pipe as this and the filler is on the > offside. Will sleep peacefully tonight knowing there isn't trouble brewing > up. Moral of the tale - avoid fast left handers after you have overfilled! > However every cloud . . . it has highlighted my fuel filter wasn't > changed at the last service when it should have been. Will have words with > young Jamie as he did the service and was working all around the filter > while he was fitting the anti tramp bars. > That's a beer I owe you > > Richard M800RGN+8 > > *From:* e-mail colin.jones5857 <[email protected]> > *To:* mogtalk2 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, 1 July 2012, 16:36 > *Subject:* Re: [mogtalk2] One for the +8 doctors > ** > Hi Richard > > Step one is to look if you have advanced EVAPS, is there a small valve on > the bulkhead with what looks like 2 fuel pipes going to it and an > electrical connection. > > If so you have a well known condition and its an easy fix. Advanced EVAP > draws fuel tank fumes from the carbon canister mounted near the fuel tank > and breathes them through the engine where they are burnt off. Trouble is > caused when you overfill the tank and fuel instead of fuel vapour is spilt > into the carbon canister so when the purge valve opens the car draws fuel > instead of vapour into the intake. Its a little similar to pulling out the > choke. The system is ECU controlled and cycles once the engine is warm, > the fix is to ovoid overfilling. It will clear itself but could leave you ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
