I was trimming brush yesterday, when all of a sudden gasoline
spilled onto my hands as I swung the trimmer at wild angles.

Lo and behold, one of the hoses coming out of the gas tank split,
and this little white thimble-like thing fell onto the ground.
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163902.jpg

Picking it up, I was amazed. Can that thing be a charcoal canister?
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163943.jpg

Do you think there will be any harm in just plugging the hose?

On 5/26/13 4:00 PM, Danny D wrote:
I was trimming brush yesterday, when all of a sudden gasoline
spilled onto my hands as I swung the trimmer at wild angles.

Lo and behold, one of the hoses coming out of the gas tank split,
and this little white thimble-like thing fell onto the ground.
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163902.jpg

Picking it up, I was amazed. Can that thing be a charcoal canister?
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163943.jpg

Do you think there will be any harm in just plugging the hose?



According to the parts diagrams at
http://echoinc.arinet.com/scripts/EmpartISAPI.dll?MF
it is a vent for the fuel tank, so don't plug the hose. If anything,
before you can get replacement hose, cut the split section off and
plug vent into remaining hose. There should be a clip that secured the
vent to the hose end.

On Sun, 26 May 2013 20:00:35 +0000 (UTC), Danny D
wrote:

I was trimming brush yesterday, when all of a sudden gasoline
spilled onto my hands as I swung the trimmer at wild angles.

Lo and behold, one of the hoses coming out of the gas tank split,
and this little white thimble-like thing fell onto the ground.
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163902.jpg

Picking it up, I was amazed. Can that thing be a charcoal canister?
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13163943.jpg

Do you think there will be any harm in just plugging the hose?


Looks to me like a vent, perhaps with a one way valve in it. To vent
the gas tank. Looks a lot like ones I've seen on the Differentials on
4x4 trucks. Will if fit, and stay, in that spot the pooches out from
the red plastic? Looks like that used to be it's "home".

On Sun, 26 May 2013 17:28:24 -0400, Retired wrote:

it is a vent for the fuel tank, so don't plug the hose.

Ah. Thanks. So it's *not* a charcoal filter!
I couldn't get to that parts diagram, but, since it's a vent,
I do agree that I don't want to plug it up.

There should be a clip that secured the vent to the hose end.

Hmmm... no clip. It's just barbed white plastic that sticks
into the black hose. At least I don't see any clips. Maybe
the clip fell off while I was weed whacking with the trimmer?

On Sun, 26 May 2013 14:33:05 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:

Will it fit, and stay, in that spot the pooches out from
the red plastic? Looks like that used to be it's "home".

Yes. That was its home. It would stay, if the hose were
the original size, but I'm going to have to clip 3/4 inch
off that black hose. I will figure something out.

Thanks for the helpful advice.