Carbon Canister / Evap Vent Control Valve Nightmare

[MichaelC]

I bought mine on-line. The dealer wanted an arm and a leg, I think I paid $69, but I bought some other things for my other cars too, to save on the shipping.
Thank God you got yours off without stripping those bolts, that was the problem I had. Once the bolts broke off then I had to cut the valve off, grind down the broken stubbs and then drill and re-tap the holes for some other bolts. Either that or replace the whole canister at about $300 on-line $500 at a dealer.

[MichaelC]

I just had the xterra in the shop last week because of the right manifold, It was leaking. It turned out that the manifold was cracked in several places. I had a shop do that one. Tomorrow it goes back in to get the muffler replaced. The original one is split open. I opted to get them to cut out the old muffler and then weld in a stainless magnaflow one instead of the galvanized crap that you buy for replacement.
It should cost me less than the replacement part and last another 10 years... oh and sound better too!

[legend869]

im putting headers in shortly. my right manifold cracked and could kick mydelf for not putting headers in then

[MichaelC]

I never even considered headers, there's just about enough room for a small rodent in there... You might get a bit more sadly needed horsepower.