Originally Posted by martin-reyland
It's fine to remove it (think it sits inside the wing on an Escos) but as Tony said, the vent pipe from the tank should not be blanked off in fact it would be better to chop the pipe at the tank end and let it breathe from that area rather than the engine bay.
Thats the same as what i did.
Removed the tank and all pipe work back to the fule tank, and then cut the line at the fuel tank end so it vents to air.