I have a 2005 F350 that apparently has a bad vapor cannister. Im not familiar with something of this nature, so I have a few questions. Is there any means of cleaning one of these? Ive seen a couple videos where people flush them with water and air, cant say as I blame them, after seeing the price on one of these. If not and I have to get another one, I see a couple of pictures of the one I have up under my spare tire. The two are a couple hundred dollars difference. The more expensive one seems to have more hard ware attached, is that some thing that can be used on the less expensive one, are there any parts that are interchangeable? Just so I become a little smarter can someone tell me why when one of these gets plugged up, it affects your gas milage. Thank you for any help

 

As shown above OK button is not clickable because ENGINE is not selected. Check my signature below to see why.
If you have a 6.8L what's the 8th character of your VIN?

 

A little FYI,,

The charcoal canister is designed to handle ONLY VAPOR !!!
Folks attempting to squeeze all the gasoline in at a fuel fill cause liquid gasoline to get blown into the charcoal canister AND DESTROY it.

Normally, when the fuel shuts off at the gas pump, we should stop adding any addl fuel.
If the nozzle shuts off way before the tank is filled, there is a problem that should be found and corrected or slower fuel in speed can be considered.

 

Its a 2005 F350, 4 x4, 5.4 gas

 

 

Would anybody know what the trick is to releasing the fuel vapor tube from the Evap canister and the Evap canister solenoid electrical connector?

 

at Vapor Canister Vent Valve / Solenoid Connector looks like a simple press down the tab and pull.
From page 3 of the PDF I attached previously:

Everytime you see "quick connect fitting" on Ford's vehicles they are pretty much one-time-use consider the age of your truck, so think twice before you attempt to remove. When it was brand new you simply squeeze both sides then push in a little then pull straight out, don't just squeeze and pull.

 

Would it also be the same procedure for the electrical solenoid connection? I guess I'm not dead certain what the tool is you sent the picture of from rock auto. Thank you