In an effort to find the cause of my check engine light coming on I removed my spare tire and tried to check all vacuum lines to look for a leak but was very surprised at what I found.

The charcoal canister is melted through the housing wall in two places, why would it do this? First I thought gas had gotten into it and melted it but on further examination I see the melted plastic looks more melted by heat. This part is protected by the spare tire so no way is it near the exhaust pipe

I found a used canister at the auto salvage yard for $70.00 and installed it. LetÆs see if the dash lights come back on in the next few weeks. It is possible that used part could be bad but for $ 70.00 I thought I would give it a try since a new part is just over $300.00

Anyone else seen a melted canister?