Vapor canister question

[jiangtao]

I just have replaced the canister, solenoid, and the in line valve right before the canister and I still get a gas smell. Turns out the in line valve still has gas in it like it did before I replaced it with a new one. I can tell a BIG difference in the way the car drives versus before I replaced the solenoid. My question is why do I still have gas in that dang valve? Is it supposed to be like that? Could it be that I have a vac leak on a hose to the canister and it's causing it? Thanks.

 

[tigmaned]

my 86 was or kind of still getting the same gas smell. i ended up changeing out the canister since i was able to find a pretty good one in a junk yard for $5 bucks. mine was alot heavyer and i counldn't blow thru any of the vacuum lines on top of it. were did you get the solenoid, i may try that next?? and i did change all the vacuum lines too, one bigger line on the bottom of the canister was almost plugged up with some thing??