I had the fuel tank removed to install a PCV, and angled the battery box back to sort thru the wiring and saw this black box just behind the coolant recovery tank. (see attached pic, taken from the right side, the coolant recovery tank is removed)
At first I figured it was the vapor recovery canister, but that was a cylinder on the left side. (this was sold to me as a '15 cup version, and had no charcoal canister?) My concern with this is that pretty much half the time I look under something I find damage, a stripped or missing fastener etc. there is one vacuum type hose and 5ports with 4 plugged.
I haven't found any mention of this item in the user or repair manual nor in the oem part guides, to figure out whether that 5th port needs a plug or not.
Thanks for any clues on this. So far I am unimpressed by the $30 I dropped on the official factory manual DVD!
At first I figured it was the vapor recovery canister, but that was a cylinder on the left side. (this was sold to me as a '15 cup version, and had no charcoal canister?) My concern with this is that pretty much half the time I look under something I find damage, a stripped or missing fastener etc. there is one vacuum type hose and 5ports with 4 plugged.
I haven't found any mention of this item in the user or repair manual nor in the oem part guides, to figure out whether that 5th port needs a plug or not.
Thanks for any clues on this. So far I am unimpressed by the $30 I dropped on the official factory manual DVD!