MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: bobby_fodge on July 29, 2019, 01:21:12 pm

Title: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: bobby_fodge on July 29, 2019, 01:21:12 pm

Hi, I'm getting the N80 error in VCDS. I had this last summer and changed the part plus the pipe work to and from the canister.

I am now looking to change the canister, has anyone used the Chinese ones from ebay? I presume the same part from the dealer it will cost a million pounds.

Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: Robsmib on July 29, 2019, 01:51:21 pm

Hi, yes using a moody one off eBay and all been fine since changing it.

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Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: shoaybmakda on July 29, 2019, 02:29:45 pm

I used it in my old MK5 and had no issues at all

Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: suave on July 29, 2019, 10:28:17 pm

I got one and my car didn’t even tick over correctly with it fitted. Got a refund from eBay as it was rubbish.
Dealer one is £90 odd so not that bad value

Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: Robsmib on July 30, 2019, 09:26:47 am

Hi, have you changed the purge valve? That's probably causing the fault detected by VCDS, got an oem of eBay UK seller for under £30. Carbon cannister is only a filter.

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Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: misteralz on July 31, 2019, 04:09:03 pm

I kept getting a check engine light and the fault code 'Evaporative purge flow implausible ' or something like that.  It was only every now and then, so it was easy to clear, just annoying. I knew that the cambelt had been changed by a gorilla before I bought it, and the purge valve had been glued back together. I finally got round to replacing it a month back, before a trip to Bavaria.
The check engine light hasn't come back since. The valve was all of 12€ from the dealer. I should have done it five years ago.

Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: muff1991 on August 02, 2019, 02:58:49 pm

12 euros from the dealer, I paid just shy of £30 and that was at discount from a dealer. fair play.

These issues usually relate to the purge valve and it's those that cause the loud-ish clicky relay - tappet noise too.

of course, if the fault consists then its probably the canister.

Title: Re: Chinese carbon canister?
Post by: bobby_fodge on August 02, 2019, 03:39:46 pm

Quote from: Robsmib on July 30, 2019, 09:26:47 am

Hi, have you changed the purge valve? That's probably causing the fault detected by VCDS, got an oem of eBay UK seller for under £30. Carbon cannister is only a filter.

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yeah, I changed the valve last summer but over the last 6 months or so I check the EML light come on which I can clear but it eventually comes back after a month or so.  I'm presuming the replacement part hasn't failed after a year but that could be possible.

The canister is coming from China so I'll see what VCDS says after I fit it.