e30 fuel lines to m50

[luis.e30325es]

Can anyone help me figuring out where the lines go?
there are three of them, one was connected to my fuel filter mounted by my steering link, one is a longer one that goes down and to the back of my car up and around the tank
the other i think is my return fuel line, its about 6 inches longer the the one connected to my filter. any advice on this?
and do i need to use my charcoal canister from my e30 or the m50 one? being that it has the purge valve with connection.
any help is appreciated. thanks

[Matt-B]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=209549

[highoutput]

Heres a related question......do the rest of you guys actually hook up your vent hose to a canister??? Or to anything at all for that matter?
Mines just open, and I'm wondering if the "norm" is to actually use a canister, or plug it, or what?

[giantkeeper]

Heres a related question......do the rest of you guys actually hook up your vent hose to a canister??? Or to anything at all for that matter?
Mines just open, and I'm wondering if the "norm" is to actually use a canister, or plug it, or what?

Yep - that was the first thing smog checked when I did emissions.

I used the stock E30 canister and just turned around the mount. Easy, and simple - there is 0 performance benefit to bypassing it. Why not just run it if you have it?

[samiam3356]

Yep - that was the first thing smog checked when I did emissions.

I used the stock E30 canister and just turned around the mount. Easy, and simple - there is 0 performance benefit to bypassing it. Why not just run it if you have it?

Also, if you don't have the valve hooked up you're going to get a CEL light. Like he said, why not just run it.

[glucklich21]

BTW which way is that valve suppose to go? I noticed an arrow on top of it. Does that arrow go towards the engine or away?

[drumad]

the thinner nipple goes towards the charcoal canister

[glucklich21]

Thanks!

[samiam3356]

flow would be away from the engine

[luis.e30325es]

so i can use my e30 canister with the purge valve from the e36 harness and it will work fine?

[highoutput]

I hope so, cause thats all I'm gonna do. Although I wonder how effective my 1984 canister really is after 27 years.....

Hooking it up will leave me with only 1 unused plug on my E36 harness though! :)

[luis.e30325es]

I hope so, cause thats all I'm gonna do. Although I wonder how effective my 1984 canister really is after 27 years.....

Hooking it up will leave me with only 1 unused plug on my E36 harness though! :)

couldnt you just plug the purge valve from the other canister to the line for the e30 canister?