The Black Box! (under the rear of my Xb)
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The Black Box! (under the rear of my Xb)
When i bought my Xb i found the spare tire in the trunk of the Xb under all that foam and plastic coverings. So i proceeded to remove it all to see what i would get from it. I found i could gain about 12" of extra room back there just by pulling out the spare tire! Well i dont like the fact of drive away from home (some times up to 4 hours) w/o my spare. So i figured why not put it where most car manu. put it, under the rear end of the car. I saw there was enough room and i could easily mount it.. BUT... WTF is this black box in the way? Tubes and wires coming into it and such. I figured it was probly the fuel pump or what not, so i figured i'd ask you guys what it may be and ask if it is possible to relocate this "Box" so i can mount my spare under the car rather than in my trunk. Thanx for any info.
Dave
Dave
#2
Fuel canister for emissions. all cars have them, and they must be mounted higher then the gas tank.
you can relocate, but I haven't spent enought time under one to see where the best place to relocate would be.
you can relocate, but I haven't spent enought time under one to see where the best place to relocate would be.
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Re: The Black Box! (under the rear of my Xb)
Originally Posted by MotoMan_YZ400
When i bought my Xb i found the spare tire in the trunk of the Xb under all that foam and plastic coverings. So i proceeded to remove it all to see what i would get from it. I found i could gain about 12" of extra room back there just by pulling out the spare tire! Well i dont like the fact of drive away from home (some times up to 4 hours) w/o my spare. So i figured why not put it where most car manu. put it, under the rear end of the car. I saw there was enough room and i could easily mount it.. BUT... WTF is this black box in the way? Tubes and wires coming into it and such. I figured it was probly the fuel pump or what not, so i figured i'd ask you guys what it may be and ask if it is possible to relocate this "Box" so i can mount my spare under the car rather than in my trunk. Thanx for any info.
Dave
Dave
Japanese bB's apparently don't have spares at all, so the spare tire location is a kludge, not part of the JDM design. It would have been _so_ easy to put it underneath, but they didn't.
That black box is rather ominous, with lots of connections. Some of the connections are not flexible, so unbolting and moving it aside isn't really a possibility. There would be some non-reversable cutting and adapting involved, and without knowing the exact function of the black box (pump? charcoal canister? flux capacitor?) I really don't relish fiddling with it.
George
#4
Well when I first saw that spare tire I was wondering "Why in the trunk area?" Then after looking at a few more Xbs i thought; DUHH! It's so lil miss granny who buys an Xb doesnt have to craw under the car (that has about 6" of ground clearence under the rear skirt) and thread this heave wheel down and slide it from under the car. Us americians are too "comfy" and dont want to dirt our $80 jeans to change a spare tire. Shoot probly 80% of us call AAA or something when they get a flat anyways. Anyhow i think they did that to increase the easy of getting to the spare w/o having to lift the rear skirt to accomidate it.
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whatever you do, make sure you have the spare. ESPECIALLY if you have low pro tires. I have 215/35/18's and i thought i'd be cool, and take out the spare, but then i hit a fatty pothole, and blew the crap outta my tire, and had no spare. and, try finding a pirelli 35 series tire at 8:00 at night in la habra. NOT HAPPENING. luckily one of my friends that has an xb lived close by so i walked to his house and got his spare.
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Aside from all the sidetracks.... I think what you wanted to know is.... That think is your charcoal canister. And it filters any fumes that are on the way to the tank vent. Ive heard removing it can throw a code in the ecu but seeing as how its on the vent side of the tank i cant see where thered be a sensor to pick up any change... Anyhow hope this helped...
-Mikey
-Mikey
#17
well when the weather here (north Va) clears up a lil, i'm gunna throw it on a lift and check things out, if i find any new advances i'll let ppl know. Cuz i can bet that a lot more scion ppl would love to relocate that spare tire.
#18
Originally Posted by kwicslvr
Here's your fix. Remove the spare all together and put a can of fix a flat in there. Either that or put run flat tires on the rims.
#19
Originally Posted by truenfalse86
Originally Posted by kwicslvr
Here's your fix. Remove the spare all together and put a can of fix a flat in there. Either that or put run flat tires on the rims.