small black box near the RR tire. BROKEN

[boarder445us]

I ran off the road in my 97 240 SE and damaged a few things, i ordered all the parts that i need except this small box in the back I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS, it is a small black box near the right rear tire under the chassis. It have small rubber hoses and wires running out of it and some of them are broken. IF anyone knows what it is then let me know , the car is in the shop right now and the auto body guy says it might be a charcoal filter box. HMMMM, anyone? thanks

[Antjaw]

Take a Picture of it amd post it in this thread.

[boarder445us]

it is in the body shop like 45 min away. I cant get up there till next week.

[Nismo1182]

its the charcoal filter

[Aries]

don't bother fixing the charcoal filter.they're not cheap, and it's a useless piece of emissions equipment.

[MaineExport]

don't bother fixing the charcoal filter.they're not cheap, and it's a useless piece of emissions equipment.

What exactly does it filter? Is it just vapor recovey for the gas tank?

[boarder445us]

well, i just passed emmisions, so I wont need to test for a while. You say i wont need it? Will i pass emmisions without it in the future? should i plug any holes or anything to keep anything in or out?

[Aries]

What exactly does it filter? Is it just vapor recovey for the gas tank?

yep.

[MaineExport]

well, i just passed emmisions, so I wont need to test for a while. You say i wont need it? Will i pass emmisions without it in the future? should i plug any holes or anything to keep anything in or out?

Well... since it just acts as vapor recovery for the gas tank (thanks Aries), it doesn't have anything to do with engine emissions. In other words... the emissions testing you just passed will not be affected with or without the charcoal filter. (in theory)

[boarder445us]

ok guys, thanks for the help.