I am a weekend warrior mechanic. I have a 97 Camaro 3.8L V6. I have recently begun to tear down the motor to replace a lot of the more common things under the hood. Long story...

Anyway, this was mounted above the passenger side valve cover. I don't have a manual for the car yet and I cannot find any diagrams right off hand to identify this part.

I am also confused about an area of this part. I circled in red what I am talking about. When I removed this part, there was no line plugged into this boot. Is there supposed to be something here? Before I put it up on jack stand a week ago it was throwing a fuel evap code. Is this related to that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you.

 

thats part of the evap system. no it does not connect to anything. also you can download a factory service manual from the manuals section. brb

 

download the 96 file, will be pretty much the same as yours. http://www.mediafire.com/?40mfgeoe4ctti you can get a 97 manual on ebay in paper or on disc. paper manual is a 3 book series so is kinda spendy

 

Thank you VERY much! I had a feeling that it was part of the system. Looked like whoever had the car before me had replaced this part because they had used a zip tie to secure it (for some reason)

Now I am thinking the problem lies under the car.

Thank you again!!!

 

Oh cool!!! Thank you!!!! You have been a huge help.

 

not sure what it goes to, my 96 doesnt have that, the rest is the same though.