1994 Geo Prizm Gas Coming from charcoal cansiter

Tiny
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On the way home I smelt gas and started to lose power when driving home. I pulled into a parking lot and had gas leaking from the charcoal canister. What causes this and what needs to be done. After The gas stopped coming out of the canister I was able to drive home without any problems. The charcoal canister did not leak any more. I removed the charcoal canister and did not see any problems visually with it. Is there a problem that needs to be corrected with this or a different valve.

Thanks Tom
Monday, April 27th, 2009 AT 5:21 PM

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Tiny
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There is a valve on the coolant assy. (Where thermostat is ) it is called a Bi-Metal Switching Valve and has two vacuum lines coming from it. If broke it will affect cannicter.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 AT 7:00 AM

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