cannister

I always used to hear this tick tick tick as the car was idling at the lights or junctions etc, now it has stopped! :confused: All I can hear now when the car is idling is a low slup, slup, slup kind of sound, should i be worrried and can i take it apart to clean it? My mpg has kinda tailed...

Anyone ever removed their secondary air pump, and/or carbon canister? If so did you get any problems? I've been thinking about removing mine and writing them out in VAG Com but thought i'd check to see if anyone else has done it before I jump in and experiment!! Anything else that can be...