Cleaning Chassis Rail

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Hi Guys,

I recently purchased a second hand Toyota Prado. The car has a lot of mud build up in the chassis rail. I tried to put a hose in the holes and run water but I was unsuccessful in removing all the mud.

Do you guys have any tips/suggestions as I would really like to clean this up.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

[sparksy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sparksy]

Drain cleaner attachment on a Karcher

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[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Sons pooey ute was the same. Just keep at it and soften the muck. You will get it eventually. We made up a 'wand' out of 1/2" copper tube and poked and pushed.

[Killswitch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Killswitch]

I just took my rear bar off today to finish the rear camera install and found the same in the rear chassis rail.

I normally get the high pressure cleaner and stick the "gun" tip into the rail and blow it all out. Works a treat, but yes my mate also have the "snake" cleaner as mentioned above and raves about it.

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That drain cleaner looks very useful. Cheaper than my recent plumber callout fee to unblock a drain. Might invest in one. At least it has dual purpose usage.