Canister system

A canister system for use in a vehicle having a body and a subframe mounted on said body, said body having side frames with a substantially closed space defined therein and said subframe having a substantially closed space defined therein which is separated from the substantially closed space defined in said body, the canister system comprising:

• a canister;
• an air intake passage connected to said canister for drawing and delivering fresh air to said canister, said air intake passage having an open end remote from said canister;
• and
• an air exhaust passage connected to said canister for atmospherically exhausting air resulting from removal of evaporative fuel components from an evaporative fuel-air mixture by adsorption of said evaporative fuel components by said canister, said air exhaust passage having an open end remote from said canister;
• wherein said open end of said air intake passage remote from said canister is formed in one of said side frames and extends into the substantially closed space defined therein, and said open end of said air exhaust passage remote from said canister extends into the substantially closed space defined in said subframe of said vehicle.