hey guys i was poking under my car today at the left rear of the car right near the left rear tire underneath the car i have discovered a filter of some kind could this be the fuel filter or another kind of filter?

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anybody else has this filter on there gen3 protege?

 

Mazpro00:
I don't know, but you could follow the lines to see where they come from and where they go to.

 

Well i went to the junkyard today and found a 99 protege with the same filter and i took it off and it smelled like gas inside this filter, but the filter has no part number or brand name. I try look online and can't seem to find anything about this filter.

 

It's a vapor canister for fuel vapors as part of the emission system. The shiny silver looking thing is a pressure relief valve. You should not have to replace the canister.

 

mooz thanks for the helpful info