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CirrusSR22 · 04-11-2012, 05:25 AM

I just found a canister locally on Cragislist, but I still need the pipe. Do you have that?

EDIT:

I think I can retrofit the old style assembly to my newer car. This is interesting.... This pipe runs between the charcoal canister and the "fuel tank breather valve". The M42 and M44 cars (up to 1/1997) have the same charcoal canister. The M42 and M44 cars have different breather valves. The M42s used a simple piece of vacuum hose to make this run, whereas the early M44s used a hard plastic pipe up to 9/1997.

The difference? The piece of vacuum hose will run about 50 cents max. The hard pipe they switched to? $80 online at Tischer, so probably $100 min at your local dealer. Then in 9/1997 they switched back to some sort of hose again. How non-sensical is that. Go from a 50¢ hose to an $80 pipe for no reason.

04-11-2012, 05:25 AM	#3
CirrusSR22 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 iTrader: (3) Photo Gallery	I just found a canister locally on Cragislist, but I still need the pipe. Do you have that? EDIT: I think I can retrofit the old style assembly to my newer car. This is interesting.... This pipe runs between the charcoal canister and the "fuel tank breather valve". The M42 and M44 cars (up to 1/1997) have the same charcoal canister. The M42 and M44 cars have different breather valves. The M42s used a simple piece of vacuum hose to make this run, whereas the early M44s used a hard plastic pipe up to 9/1997. The difference? The piece of vacuum hose will run about 50 cents max. The hard pipe they switched to? $80 online at Tischer, so probably $100 min at your local dealer. Then in 9/1997 they switched back to some sort of hose again. How non-sensical is that. Go from a 50¢ hose to an $80 pipe for no reason. Last edited by CirrusSR22; 04-11-2012 at 06:20 AM.