Vaccum bottle question

[Rescue xj]

Hey folks, I pulled off my bumper and found the vaccum bottle, which has not been connected to the line that runs up to wherever for some time, Noone told me anything when I showed the pictures of a 5" black tube coming up from it and going nowhere, is full of water. I found the rest of the vaccum tube as I said, but the jeep has been running great.

What happenes if I replace the tube and re mount the cannister?

Should the cannister be full of water?

[87manche]

canister should not be full of water.
Hooking it backup will make all the vacuum operated things work better. Like HVAC controls and vac disconects.

[Matthew Currie]

What he said. While you're at it, you might look at alternative mounting locations. On the Renix models it's a little tight, but on the later ones, there's room for it over on the right side of the engine bay.

[Cornflake]

On my '89 i put in a k&n filter on a Rusty's airtube freeing up a lot of room where the stock airbox was and put my vacuum canister there. Just an idea....