hey guys my datsun 1200 ute ca18det is almost finish was just wondering if any of u guys know weather u need to hook up ur charcoal canister for engineering if so have any of u guys hooked it up to original furl tank? im running a surge tank obvasilly any pointers on wat u guys have done cheers

fuel tank must breath thru canister

Used original 1200 fuel line as breather line to charcoal canister

The later Australia 1200s use a charcoal cannister. htere's a pciture aorund here somewhere.

I have never had one on my 1200 and it was engineered...

my understanding of it, is that you need to run your fuel tank vent into
the canister and then into your intake manifold via a 1 way valve..
(usually via the pcv system)

the cannister is just there to store any vapour while there is no vacuum to
recyle it..

can anyone explain wat all these pipes do?

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Yes, that is Fume Control. It prevents the petrol fumes from entering the atmosphere.

Datsun1200.com wiki has details: http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawi ... ex.php?title=Fume_Control

In older 1200s, the valve at the front goes to the air cleaner.
In newer 1200 utes, it goes to the Charcoal Cannister.

Later Australia utes used charcoal canister, like this 1985 model. It is the black canister bolted to the left strut tower (right side of photo):







The canister is the same as fitted to B310 and other 1970s/1980s Datsuns.

Anyone one know which vacuum port is for the charcoal canister on a ca inlet manafold