Hi
Yes,
there was one of those in My beetle...
but when restoring it I left it out..
I just ran a new fuel vapour hose up across the top of the boot where the plastic thing was and down the front and under the car... [thats where they vented in My car]
that original VW hose... would be really brittle and cracked now... but You can't see the cracks because of the cotton covering.. I also replaced the breather hose
from the tank to the filler neck...
Now no more petrol smells....
At first, I just put a hose from the top of the tank down the front to where it goes under the car...
and i was filling the car one day and noticed all this petrol coming from under my car..... lol
LEE
http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
