Hi everyone. Does anyone know how to delete the charcoal Cannister on a 1997 Gmc Jimmy, 4dr 4wd? The two little lines are completely rusted off and the bracket that holds it up is all rusted as well. It's bungeed up for now, however every time I close the windows to turn on the AC(I live in Florida it's super hot and I just had the entire AC replaced) all I smell is gas. The Cannister was hanging by the large line the other day when I went to the store, and I just want it off. I don't care about the SES light I'll just take out the bulb. It comes on here and there for it now anyway. Thank you

 

Or you or a competent mechanic can replace the rusted parts. You can't "delete" the charcoal canister. It's there for a reason. You're smelling gas because the fumes from your gas tank is leaking into the cab. What the canister is there for is to collect the vapors from your gas tank and release it into the fuel system. This way the pressure inside the tank can be regulated. You can probably understand why a highly pressurized fuel tank is a bad idea... another reason is so that your car doesn't reek of gas! Which you could probably guess from experience. You've probably noticed lower fuel economy and poorer engine performance. You would have to live with this if you were to plug the lines and be on your way.

 

​​​​​​I bought the truck like that so I hadn't noticed, however I only get 13mpg on a good day. Perhaps I could zip tie and and connect the piece together with fuel rated rubber hose?

 

That definitely could work, When I replaced the fuel filter I had to use a hacksaw to cut off one end of the filter. I went to an auto parts shop and got a fuel line repair kit when is a steel line that has compression fittings. Although if the old ones needed to be bent then you can't use a straight line like that. In that situation I'd look around the auto parts websites to see if they sell the lines. If it's out of my price range then I'd go to the junkyard and see if I can find the piece I need. Keep in mind that different years and models may have parts that aren't the same; the lines may be too long or too short. LKQ is a good junkyard with lots of blazer usually.

As for rubber hoses, they may work, but you might not be able to find the fittings that you need for them. Even then it would require more work to get the parts, fit them together and hope they work. I've never worked on my charcoal canister so I really don't know what the connections are, but I've worked on a newer car's canister. This one has rubber hoses with clamps on the hoses. I had to replace the innards of the canister and put it all back together with jb weld. Rubber hoses will work, but it may be more work.

I'd say to just do a lot of research and decide of you want to buy new lines (or if it's integrate into the filler neck then a new filler neck) or find the parts you need at the junkyard.

 

Remove the solenoid from the upper intake manifold and plug the hole. When you remove the rear part of the evap system there is one hose that runs to the center port of the fuel pump. You will need to run a vent hose from this port to somewhere up high and put a filter on the end.