[Spridgets] spider webs in evaporative canister (Mazda)

HealeyRick healeyrick at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 5 09:05:18 MST 2011


I owned two Fist 124 Spiders back in the 70s and never saw a web in either
one.

Rick


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--- On Fri, 3/4/11, Matt P <pfeilmat at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Matt P <pfeilmat at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] spider webs in evaporative canister (Mazda)
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, March 4, 2011, 2:34 PM

Maybe they should send the faulty parts to NASA to examine.

I find it hard to believe that a spider web could restrict fuel vapor enough
to crack a fuel tank.


Matt P
On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Lester wrote:

> You know that somewhere there is an engineer with his face in his hands
> crying.. "Spiders??  Are you kidding me?  I spent 8 years of my life
designing
> that...That system can survive a nuclear blast but spiders???"
>
> Lester
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2011, at 4:52 AM, <corvallis at peoplepc.com>
<corvallis at peoplepc.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In what may well be an automotive industry first, Mazda is recalling
52,000
>> cars because of the potential for a vent line to be clogged by -- you
>> guessed it -- spider webs. (Yes, really.)
>>
>> "A certain type of spider may weave a web in the evaporative canister vent
>> line and this may cause a restriction in the line," warns the official
>> recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If
a
>> spider does weave its tangled web there, it could prevent vapors from
>> escaping the fuel tank and "eventually result in a crack, potentially
>> leading to fuel leakage and an increased risk of fire."
>>
>> The recall applies to 2009-2010 model year Mazda6's. Back in October 2009,
>> the automaker examined a Mazda6 with a crack in the fuel tank and, lo and
>> behold, found a spider web in the vent line.
>>
>> "Our subsequent investigation revealed that a spider web caused a
>> restriction in the canister vent line," Mazda informed NHTSA in a letter
>> dated Feb. 25.
>>
>> Owners of the midsize sedan will need to take their car to a Mazda
>> dealership where a special valve designed to "prohibit spider intrusion"
>> will be installed.
>>
>> Mazda says no fires, accidents, or injuries are known to have been caused
> by
>> this insect-related issue.
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