Stupid newb question...sorry

[bluepowerranger]

i removed the bed of my 98 ranger stepside to change the fuel pump, and noticed a cylindrical canister near the spare tire carrier.

there were what looked like vacuum hoses coming off of it, but it looks like they had been cut, im not sure if this is actually a problem or not, but my check engine light is always on, and the codes read egr valve...if im not mistaken.

it looks like the guy who owned it before me tried to lower it and stopped and put everything back to "stock".

but with the bed liner out i noticed that there was a hole in the middle of the bed that the guy had cut out and then, very terribly i might add, tack welded it back in place. im not sure if these are related, im just trying to figure out whats going on with my truck. i wanna see 300k miles.

 

[88_ranger]

hmmmm

My first thought is that it is or used to be a fuel filter canister...just an idea

 

[cammeddrz]

charcoal canister?

 

[scotts90ranger]

yep, charcoal canister, get some cheap black rubber hose from the hardware store and splice the broken parts of that back together.

if you are getting EGR codes, it's either the DPFE sensor (look at the EGR tube, there's 2 hoses connected to it, the other end of those hoses is the DPFE) or just a dirty EGR passage in the intake after the valve.

 

[myold96]

could have been an air canister for air shocks