To make Spring cleaning easier, i.e. spraying water in the fuel filter, brake metal line area to get rid of winter salt, I am thinking...

- Drill a hole at the RED circle area, do NOT drill at the YELLOW area b/c the big black canister will block the water jet stream.

- Then aim garden hose up the RED hole and spray water to get rid of winter salt.

- Once done, plug the hole with appropriate rubber plug. I already bought the rubber plug at local auto parts store. I will post some photos later.

Right now it is just a thought process, see the photo for my idea...

I like the hole/grommet idea. Given all the little spots and crevices in there, I doubt one hole will do it. I have on my to do list to drop the cover and spray it off. The dilemma is that I work on the car in the garage. I do not want to fire up a hose in there. I'll loosen/drop/angle the cover enough to get a hose in there and assess the component locations with respect to a single "clean out" hole.

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wait, so you can actually remove the big fuel filter guard/cover without taking off the long black plastic covering the brake lines? D'OH
I guess I made the fuel filter replacement MUCH harder than it needs to be.

To get to mine, I had to drop that huge long black tray. It wasn't terribly enjoyable, but doable.

A few holes will make it easier than 1 hole. It will make cleaning a lot easier.

All you need is some water to rinse off the salt deposited on the brake lines.
You will be surprised simple rinsing (no scrubbing needed) will clean quite a bit of salt off.

I have been doing this (Spring cleaning with water) over the last 30 years, none of the many vehicles I own (some as old as 25 years old) have absolutely no brake line corrosion.

Corrosion starts around July-August: extreme heat + salt = speeding up corrosion.

So if you can rinse it off in April/May, you are golden.

It that time again for spring cleaning
 

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There is also immersion cleaning ;)

Can someone point me to which plastic rivets I should stock up on before opening this up?

Thanks

Is this one of those "Total wash and wax" I read about? :rofl::rofl:

Or is this one of those Boat Ramp exercises?