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Old 13-12-2012, 03:20 PM   #1
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Hi,
What is the black plastic box called that sits under the passager guard on a xr8,thats has the vacuum hoses going to it ?
I have broken/rip the hoses off,car still runs fines....
dumb question,is it that importent ?
and how do i go fixing it ? get plastic joiners to join hoses back ?
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Old 13-12-2012, 03:48 PM   #2
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I'm tipping the charcoal canister.

I'll wait for the Windsor boys to confirm!

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Old 13-12-2012, 04:04 PM   #3
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I'm tipping the charcoal canister.

I'll wait for the Windsor boys to confirm!

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Im guessing you are right....
would these be the same as in a 6 cylinda?

Best way to replace the hoses/join
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Old 13-12-2012, 04:19 PM   #4
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GK is on the money, also know as the home of the "Tickford Tick"

Just join them back together, you could end up with fumes in the cabin if not
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Old 14-12-2012, 12:35 AM   #5
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Might be a stupid question....but Home of the Tickford Tick? Pls explain lol
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Old 14-12-2012, 09:06 AM   #6
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Might be a stupid question....but Home of the Tickford Tick? Pls explain lol
Most of the AU V8s have a ticking noise coming from under the left guard. This is from the Charcoal canister as it has a solenoid attached. You won't here it from in the cab, but with the motor running (after a while on mine), you can hear the tick from outside the car. You maybe lucky and still have a silent one?

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Old 14-12-2012, 12:02 PM   #7
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I haven't really noticed. I'll have to pay more attention lol. The reason I asked, if both my old EF Tickford Ghias had a weird ticking noise coming from the front left guard...but they were loud enough to hear in the car. Was weird. They were both 6 cylinders though

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Most of the AU V8s have a ticking noise coming from under the left guard. This is from the Charcoal canister as it has a solenoid attached. You won't here it from in the cab, but with the motor running (after a while on mine), you can hear the tick from outside the car. You maybe lucky and still have a silent one?

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Old 14-12-2012, 12:03 PM   #8
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Yep the tick never was there whilst the car was a 6. Bloody noisy as an 8 though. One of the wrecks I had they'd wrapped it in a rag to quieten it down. I will definitely be doing this on mine!!
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