well i made it 2 weeks without working on the car,, now the CEL (31) the canister is bad....so i have to fix that now,,,has any1 done this?? i have a new canister coming, so i figure ill give it a shot on sunday..(just dont smoke around the car) so if any1 has some input, id appreciate it..thanx todd

Are you sure the canister is the problem?
I've had 31 for over 2 years now and it seems to be the rollover valve on top of the gas tank. Good luck with THAT bitch.

Removing all those pieces is pretty easy. They're all up under the fender on the front passenger side. Just keep track of all the lines and be careful with the wiring connectors. They get kinda brittle in there. Should'nt take you more than 90 minutes if you have all your parts and tools handy.

Good luck!

for us boosted 420A's, most of the time you get a "gross leak detected" code, its some retarded valve by the gas tank, but its not the rollover valve from what i know. Its a bitch to get off, cause the vac lines attached to it are a PITA to get off. This valve is between the gas tank, and the spare tire well, under the car. It has like 4 different vac lines comming off of it. What happnes, is boost pressure gets to this piece, and inside of it, there is a rubber diaphram that can be pushed to hard down, and udner this diaphram is like 4 small plastic sharp edges. If you take the valve apart, you can file down this edges. I had that leak code cel, and took that piece off, and sure enough, the diaphram was torn. You will have to get a new part (about 25 bucks) at the dealer, take it apart and file down those edges. This is only if you want to retain your EVAP system in working order. If you just get a new part, it will tear again guarenteed.

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