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This is exactly how I fixed my kid's Touareg from COPART, clean title, cleaned off the water, spliced the wires and we got ourselves a $1000 "poor man's" Cayenne🙌🙌🙌
You scored with this Porsche. 5 years ago I purchased a non-starting RAV4 for $2500, thinking I could do a quick fix like this. I spent 6 months and another two grand in parts trying to get it running. With no luck I sold it about a month later for less than what I originally bought it for. After that experience I am intimidated on buying another “junk” car. I am very happy that your gamble worked out.
This Porsche needs draining. You really think problems ending here? 😊. Sorry about RAV4 bad purchase though. I bought a car that too more than I paid for to fix later I sold in losses. I know this feeling.
I bought a Mazda RX7 at an auction. Nobody bid on it as it wouldn't start. I had it towed to the local Mazda dealer. It turns out they put a toggle switch on the dash to turn off the fuel when turning the car off. They were known to leak fuel into the cylinder when turned off thus flooding the rotary engine. My repair cost $40 including the short towing. I drove the car for 3 years and sold it for more than double what I purchased it for. Best sports car ever.
I detailed over 2000 vehicles of 2000 semi trucks and the one they got learned is when you have that amount of water even with that moisture tester you should remove all the seats and the carpet and the insulation because there’s a good chance there’s moisture underneath the insulation and the moisture tester, not reading it and there may be moisture and some other electrical connectors. You should remove all that and put a dehumidifier inside the vehicle otherwise you or someone will probably have issues with your electrical system in the future.
@@waynepantry7023 Why so angry? It's just a simple comment offering some free tips and you're coming out swinging like a toddler with no emotional regulation. Seriously, take a step back and look at your reply to this and tell me that it is at all called for or becoming of a grown-ass adult. Maybe someone that isn't Sam will see this otherwise helpful comment that you shat on, and it will be new information to them.
The END CAP on the sunroof drain line is called a DUCK BILL VALVE . When working correctly it opens under water pressure to allow water to exit and prevent debris from entering. What happens over time is they stiffen up due to exposure this causes debris inside the sunroof to collect in the drain lines and eventually close the valve off . Throught the industry this is a common component
They are great when you want to drain an air vent box through the bottom of the car and also prevent exhaust fumes from entering the cabin. I think they're kind of pointless in a sunroof drain.
@@kevin9c1 People like the selfie camera to act like a mirror (move phone right, you move off the left side of the screen), it's kinda disconcerting for a lot of people to view yourself in "camera view" rather than in "mirror view". So - watching video taken with front/selfie camera is like watching everything through a mirror.
600k views in 3 days for this cayenne. Absolutely wild. I have a cayenne S that is excellent condition but started with the floors wet after rain & the starting issues with the warning lights. I’m out of this world excited to attempt the fixes & continue enjoying the perfection of this beast 🥳🥳🥳🤗🤗
Instead of weed whacker string to clear it, buy a roll of pvc water line for a fridge, almost the exact size of the hole, stiff enough to push out the clogs and also you can blow air through it. Works way better.
Water-logging is a tradition at Volkswagen Porsche. My 1971 Karmann Ghia was so bad that I drilled holes in the floor pan to get rid of the water. No kidding.
I had to do the same drain cleaning to my '04 V10 Touareg recently. After a torrential downpour it was doing all kinds of weird stuff with transmission and brake lights flashing on the MFD. I was surprised how much gunk there was in the drains since it was originally my bosses and he always parked it in a garage for the 18 years he drove it.
Sam , my appliance and HVAC tech calls that pinched shape in the drain a "Duck bill" it's supposed to prevent air and insects from entering. But I agree with opening it up to drain better.
I just found the same exact vehicle as the one in this episode the day after i saw this video. Owner is selling because he gave up trying to figure out the electrical isses it was having! He posted it for 1500 and its mint just like the one in the episode. Thank God for Samcrac this was my first vehicle I have tried flipping cars with!
I just wanted to say "I Love you Sam!" I love how you take a "calculated-risk" when buying cars... You have enough knowledge to make the best decision when buying these types of cars...And you have all the cool tools and meters! keep up the great work! God bless!
I had this exact problem with my Touareg a couple of years ago, a little internet search and got it fixed doing the same thing. Crazy a bit a tape it "good enough" for these companies.
This taped mess was in no way OEM as it would not be allowed this way. There are rules to get the certification that cover the way things have to be done. An taping wires like this would not pass the TÜV certification.
@@Peer_Teer VW macht das aber so.. Es gibt ein par stellen im Kabelbaum das sind ei Kabel nur Zusammen gepresst auf diese Art. Teilweise siehts aus wie ein quadratsicher Block Kupfer bei 4-6mm² unter hohem Druck gepresst.
@@TrekZero Ja, ok, gepresst und evtl noch mit einem Klarsichtstopfen aufgeschrumpft. Aber eben nicht, wie im Video, eine Bus-Ader einfach nur lose zusammengedrillt und mit Isoband verklebt. Da hat schon mal jemand was dran rumgemacht. Eine kleine Kupferader mit falschem Kontakt und irgendwo wird ein falscher Befehl gesemdet. Hatte ich schon mal, eine Minifaser an den Mtifunktionstasten im Lenkrad war gebrückt und eine Standlicht vorne ging sporadisch an und.ließ sich nicht mehr abschalten. Das zu finden war ein Horror, solche Fehlerquellen riskiert doch kein Hersteller. Ich hab bei BMW schon Einiges mit dem Kabelbaum gemacht und die haben sicher keine andere/bessere Verarbeitung, als VW.😉
The little restriction on the end of the sunroof drain that looks like a whoopie cushion is there to prevent debris from backing up into the tube from below. Maintaining these drains is important, and that drain tube end should be replaced soonish.
I also thought it was to allow some water pressure to build up and then the flex end would open and let water flood through with some velocity, taking debris with it. Even if true this design obviously still requires some drain maintenance. Really, all cars do and many people don't realize it. It's also a much bigger issue on cars parked outside.
Had one with the same issue , but we never found out where the water came into the car on both sides,checked the drains even had the windscreen replaced, water would enter on both sides if you put a hose over the windscreen.But dosent matter it started to have a ticking problem from the engine,so that was that ,no more prosche to expensive to fix.
In the late 1980’s I traded a Pentax 35mm camera that I had bought for $200 for Audi sedan , engine ran ok but the transmission wouldn’t shift , windshield wipers wouldn’t work and under the hood you could hear a loud whistling sound. I drove it home slowly because the brakes were almost non existent…. Replaced a couple cracked Vacuum lines and voila EVERYTHING magically worked…. Another time I bought a Norton 850 commando for next to nothing every time you revved the engine it leaked oil everywhere, the previous owned tried dressing up the engine by replacing all the external high pressure oil lines with some really nice looking fuel line …. The gas line couldn’t seal at the fittings no matter how tight you made the ace hardware hose clamps …again replaced the hoses and clamps with required parts ,worked like a champ..
Just to prove that I am just another mortal, the clutch in the Norton started slipping so I bought a rebuild kit, after reassembling the clutch would never disengage so not having time to troubleshoot it I sold it to a friend who was a Mechanic, the next day he drove the bike over to ask me what Tork setting I used….oops
@@waynepantry7023 I’m a 75 Year old Military retiree, us old guy like to share our life stories… anyone that doesn’t care for it can just ignore it… sorry to be such a drag on your life..
@@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x unfortunately this was in the 1970’s an the 1980’s no cell phones, no digital cameras and I was in the USAF couldn’t really afford film
I had a 2006 Touareg that had the exact same issue and performed the fix myself by looking up the issues on TH-cam. cleaned drains in the wheel well and the driver side running board and soldered that one wire back together and had no more issues. They also have an issue with the Center Drive Shaft bearing where the rubber around the bearing disintegrates. There's a fix for that too where you use heater hose, which works very well.
Dude... three minutes in and I'm screaming at the tv like my wife at a soap opera.... "Just STOP and I'll give you $1200 RIGHT NOW".... knowing you already fixed it.
I love that there is no car brand bashing that is toxic all over the internet and that Sam looks at this quite objectively, i'd personally have a hard time selling these things that i'd revived personally.
Its crazy these cars cost so much and have these issues. My honda never has these problems. Gets me to point A and B safetly for fraction of cost. Glad im simple
@@russellhayden82 - Yeah, but sometimes you can't avoid them. If you want a nice luxury car, most of them have these stupid things. I can't stand them either. The one on my Mercedes never gets opened and I always leave the cover closed.
@russellhayden82 My last car was a 2001 Mitsubishi Verada with a sunroof. It was an old bomb but none of its problems had to do with the sunroof Current is a 2007 Jaguar X type, and I've had no problems with the sunroof so far except the inside cover doesn't get automatically grabbed and pulled by it when closing My brother has a Skoda Octavia, 2016 I think, with a sunroof, and water gets in it and leaks through the inside of the body
I like to pour a little water in the sunroof drains and push it through with the air compressor. Its part of my oil change maintenance. Interior water destroys a bunch of different vehicles. Gm had lots of issues also with the Acadia other mid-sized SUVs. Nice work 👌🏼
VW Group (Audi, Porsche, Bentley, etc...) continues making low quality junk and Sam continues figuring things out better than VW engineers. This is WIN-WIN for all 💯 👍
There was a channel from a Porsche technician and in one episode he did the same on a Cayenne de difference is that he had to solder all the wires from the passinger side becouse they were all corrode, at the end he clened all the drains from the sunfoof and from bottom of the front windshield where it was compleated clogged fron leaves.
Sam - I am so impressed with the results of your instincts and knowledge coming together to resurrect this Cayenne. Amazed at the SHODDY workmanship out of Stuttgart . . . disgraceful! Really enjoyed your total lack of hesitation in getting dirty . . . but clearly your efforts will yield a very tiddy profit! Well done!!
I had this issue on an e90 bmw sunroof. I used a bicycle pump and hooked it to the top drain ports with rubber grommets. Thru boiling water down the drain and pumped the pump. The air pressure was gentle enough to blow out all the crud..
My daily driver is a 2001 Lexus RX300 ( 326K miles ). With a sunroof I open everytime I drive it if it isn't raining. Besides regular maintenance like oil, other fluids, batteries, wiper blades, brakes, belts, hoses, tires and the 100K whammy maintenance $1344 ( did it at 90K) timing belt, tune-up, and flushes. I've had to replace the engine computer (PCM/ECU $1,100) and front and rear control arm ball joint tie rods and sway bar link kit ($490) but original shocks. Really besides that it's been 23+ year's without problems. I know there's many examples of great results from long term ownership of various makes and models but none....none are reported by Porsche owner's. I paid 30K for the car new for my wife. Bought her a 2017 Lexus RX350 with 4,300 miles for 54,887 back in fall of 2017. Hoping to have as good performance out of this one.
My '01 Jetta had a recall on the drain tube openings. Basically they designed the openings of the drain tubes to the exterior of the car with those little pinches to prevent bugs and debris from plugging it up. Little did they know or think about with the fact that any of the soot from the roof that washes into the sunroof tray will inevitably plug that up pretty quick. The dealer fix was to just cut off the pinch on that nipple and leave it open. I would suggest doing that even though I assume later in the video you already put it back together
great find and easy fix....it just goes to show that not all problems are difficult to solve and just take a little know how and common sense...(what many mechanics now lack!)
The second drain you found up behind the wheel arch liner is not the sun roof drain, it is the drain for the plenum chamber, a very well known issue for Touareg owners! Just throw the rubber tit thing away on both sides, but also check the cabin air filter is dry. Place a gently running hosepipe at the base of the screen and you should see water running out from the wheel arch drainage holes on each side of the car. The rockers or sllls below the doors also fill with water. No one knows how by the way! There are, from memory, three rubber grommets in each sill. Park the car on a slope and then remove the lowest of the grommets and any retained water will run out. And Touareg is pronounced with a long A as in Twaah-reg!!
If it is like my Q7 (and it looks it) It is not the sunroof drain but the cowl drain from the bottom of the windshield , it gets blocked with leaves and water overflows into the car from every hole. Turn the steering to full lock and remove the corner of the wheel liner , remember to do both sides
Just taking a moment to absorb the fact that Porsche consider twisting wires together, which are critical to the operation of the vehicle and wrapping a bit of tape around them is a level of build quality worth the tens of thousands of dollars they ask for these cars?!?!😢
A buddy bought an F450 from the studios. The wiring harness caught caught fire and cooked pretty much everything under the hood. If It could melt it did. Bought a new harness, replaced all the rubber and plastic, $140,000.00 truck for $39,000. What caused it? Someone ran hot wire battery direct, but zip tied it to the harness with no fuse. It ran to the dispatch radio in the cab. Ouch
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Can someone please explain how the car suddenly became RHD around 18:00 ? Parts car maybe? I though at first that the image was just flipped/mirrored, but then realised it doesn't work that way...
16:30 Invest in a u-shape crimper tool and some crimps. Then use a weatherproof shrink sleeve. They are so cheap. I think I got my crimper for 8 bucks and 100 crimps for 2 dollars. Crimps make a better and quicker connection.
Sam I dealt with a very similar water intrusion issue on my Carrera cabriolet. It rusted out the whole passenger side floorboard. Wrecked the immobilizer too. So I taught myself how read a volt meter and weld and I fixed it myself on my channel. See you at Wrenchwerx!
Yes, I had a similar wet floor problem with the clogged sunroof drain in my VW Passat GTE. But I caught it in time. The garage I bought it from fixed the problem under warranty.
20:30 not air suspension. Standard 957 Cayenne S coil spring. Not bad but not air ride. Air ride is a mirrored toggle next to the Transfercase selector on the center console
Hey Sam! As I'm a Land Rover enthusiast, I thoroughly enjoy your video content on other car models and your troubleshooting process. Cheers from the UK!
Been watching your show for a while now, you should give a shout out to Steve Lehto, he really talks you up, on his show on TH-cam! I’m really happy for your win… I’m sure you’ll get at least six or 7000 if there’s nothing wrong with the engine… can’t wait for the next show!
Have exactly the same with a Mecedes A class from 2007. Water drain when clogged lets water through to the fuse box and battery compartment. Exactly the same kind of plug.
You can use those connectors that you just hit with your lighter and then they close up around the wire and give you a waterproof connection and you should do that for each of the wires
I had a similar issue with an old Mercury Mountaineer. The windshield had a bad seal, letting a bit of water in, which became a bugbear of issues. Eventually we gave up on it.
Hello from Ireland again, Sam. God, well done for fixing this Leak, lol, you got a Smoking deal Sam. It was nothing for $700, there's a brilliant chance of making good money on this Porsche. So well done Matey. Wicked Video again usual. 🙏🙏🥰👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I like your videos as you're down to earth and nothing is put on. I enjoy the simple logic as yes there is a fault now let's see what's causing it. Again most of the cars faults where down to a water ingress issue I.E. the sun roof to what I've fixed a lot and always time consuming. But you found the bad and broken wires a lot through your own personal experience. I will wait to see your next video coming soon. Respect from across the pond in the jolly UK 🇬🇧 What's not so jolly now a days 😮
That is a deal! I am amazed at how terrible the electrical is on these. I have torn a lot of cars apart trying to trace down wiring issues and never saw such bad work right out of the factory. I understand they do not expect the interior to get that much water etc but I have vacuumed a lot of water out of cars because someone forgot to roll a window up or left the sunroof opened partially opened and it poured out but none had issues like this where the wires shorted or actually corroded away and I live in the north east. Truthfully if I was lucky enough to get this 2008ish Cayenne for that price I would cut and reconnect all the splices that are just taped, solder them, cover them with heat shrink tubing and use the liquid wire insulation over that to seal it all up nice just in case.
It took me 6 weeks to sort out the sunroof drain issues on my new to me 06’ BMW X3. The sunroof drains were packed with dirt that was almost as solid as cement. It took me foreverrrrrr to clear the drains. There are also two drains in the cowl under the hood.
I have a 2006 cayenne s، one day the ignition switch warning came on , i found online it's related to a red/brown wire fixed that issue which was originally caused by the AC drain begin clogged. Still runs like a charm. I had vehicles before that i will never buy again but the Cayenne isn't one of them for sure
Sometimes when a car won't go in gear, could be as simple as a fuse. On my 98' civic, it wouldn't go in gear turns out because of a small 10 amp fuse which was the brake/stop lamp. So with even pressing the brakes, it wasn't signaling the transmission.
Nice one ! I love this kind of video’s. But the red section of the solder shrink tube should be on the isolation of your wire to keep it watertight. Nice job !
I have no mechanical skills, but id love to visit the yards you go to and try pick some of those cars up you work on to fix. Its like modern day treasure hunting.
Porsche drains always clog. I just found my drain on my GT3 in the front compartment on the passenger side next to the battery was completely clogged and the whole area was filled with water. No water actually inside the fronk carpeted area or the inside of the car. Luckily I found it before any real damage.
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What app did yiu use fir this auction
*_Amazing the dealer or no mechanic could sort that out..._*
*_Glad your not close by cause I definitely would of bought that from you lol.._* 😅😅
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This is exactly how I fixed my kid's Touareg from COPART, clean title, cleaned off the water, spliced the wires and we got ourselves a $1000 "poor man's" Cayenne🙌🙌🙌
Just get rid of it, thats a money pit
Yep, same repair 15 yrs ago when I owned a Touareg. What a disaster of a vehicle though. Good riddance to that one.
Why was it a disaster?
It's funny you call it a poor man's cayenne when I call my 958 a Touareg transvestite lol.
@@Chris-hw4mq at 1k if it runs for a year, it's a win
You scored with this Porsche. 5 years ago I purchased a non-starting RAV4 for $2500, thinking I could do a quick fix like this. I spent 6 months and another two grand in parts trying to get it running. With no luck I sold it about a month later for less than what I originally bought it for. After that experience I am intimidated on buying another “junk” car. I am very happy that your gamble worked out.
your experience is what 99% of us would experience. I see all these "copart auction score" fixes for $200 and think, yeah, that wouldn't be me......
@@muskokamike127 I buy one brand and one specific model only. I know them well and know when it is fixable and when it is a bargain. Limits the risk.
$2500 is like 3 engines...
This Porsche needs draining. You really think problems ending here? 😊.
Sorry about RAV4 bad purchase though. I bought a car that too more than I paid for to fix later I sold in losses. I know this feeling.
@JJSmith1100
Good deal
Killer deal Sam. Easy wiring fix, drain cleaning. Polish the headlights, fix that code and you have a very nice Porsche to flip.
"flip" it for no more than $2k
The one who will buy this.
If it was close to Seattle and not Florida thays what im looking for but there 10-30 grand here. Ouch
@@bbroken1 This car even in excellent condition is only around 7k With plenty for sale around the country in the 6-9k range with 160K miles
Sam - still doing the best advertising transitions in the business.
So smooth, I have to smile when I realize I'm watching an ad. He's good.
it really got me 😂
lol i havent watched a samcrac video in years probably and when he transitioned i smiled... STILL the best in the business.
Dde should hire him
100%
This repair went so well it's time to get another Range Rover on the channel.
lol that’s Samcrac… single handedly keeping Range Rover / Land Rover in business
😂😂😂
Loled at this, good one.
RIP
@@MurderMostFowl by taking them to a dealer for quotes and declining all repairs? How does that keep them in business?
I bought a Mazda RX7 at an auction. Nobody bid on it as it wouldn't start.
I had it towed to the local Mazda dealer.
It turns out they put a toggle switch on the dash to turn off the fuel when turning the car off.
They were known to leak fuel into the cylinder when turned off thus flooding the rotary engine.
My repair cost $40 including the short towing.
I drove the car for 3 years and sold it for more than double what I purchased it for.
Best sports car ever.
I detailed over 2000 vehicles of 2000 semi trucks and the one they got learned is when you have that amount of water even with that moisture tester you should remove all the seats and the carpet and the insulation because there’s a good chance there’s moisture underneath the insulation and the moisture tester, not reading it and there may be moisture and some other electrical connectors. You should remove all that and put a dehumidifier inside the vehicle otherwise you or someone will probably have issues with your electrical system in the future.
@@waynepantry7023 Why so angry? It's just a simple comment offering some free tips and you're coming out swinging like a toddler with no emotional regulation. Seriously, take a step back and look at your reply to this and tell me that it is at all called for or becoming of a grown-ass adult. Maybe someone that isn't Sam will see this otherwise helpful comment that you shat on, and it will be new information to them.
The END CAP on the sunroof drain line is called a DUCK BILL VALVE . When working correctly it opens under water pressure to allow water to exit and prevent debris from entering. What happens over time is they stiffen up due to exposure this causes debris inside the sunroof to collect in the drain lines and eventually close the valve off . Throught the industry this is a common component
Yep Volvos have the same issue
They are great when you want to drain an air vent box through the bottom of the car and also prevent exhaust fumes from entering the cabin. I think they're kind of pointless in a sunroof drain.
set up a vehicle with a back story and film..............and reap the cash from ad-revenue. sad.......really sad.......but eh..keep watching.
Stupid idea over complicated why let it build up water before opening
Skoda Scout had the same problem. Carpets were soaking wet.
Luckily, I had it fixed before the warranty expired.
I love that this Cayenne has an interchangeable left hand/right hand driving position. Quite the feature. Very special.
I thought that was so odd...? Cameras do strange things.
@@brian70Cuda The front camera reverses the image by default but I don't really understand why. Something about selfies.....
@@kevin9c1 People like the selfie camera to act like a mirror (move phone right, you move off the left side of the screen), it's kinda disconcerting for a lot of people to view yourself in "camera view" rather than in "mirror view". So - watching video taken with front/selfie camera is like watching everything through a mirror.
There is a way to fix this in the phone so it will save the video or picture correctly. Or Sam could just fix it in editing (which he never does).
Glad someone brought that up. Was freaking me out. Still do not get why but thought it was really wierd. I have a 957 and love it......6 speed!!
$80k car built like a $12k car. It's a VW, why am I not surprised.
Looks like a cheap mazda
And the wires are covered with biodegradable material and it rots and falls so the wires touch and short..
And with the ugliest steering wheel
This is average build quality for something that's 20 years old
@@theairaccumulator7144fr. I’d like to see a Chevy equinox run for this long
600k views in 3 days for this cayenne. Absolutely wild. I have a cayenne S that is excellent condition but started with the floors wet after rain & the starting issues with the warning lights. I’m out of this world excited to attempt the fixes & continue enjoying the perfection of this beast 🥳🥳🥳🤗🤗
Instead of weed whacker string to clear it, buy a roll of pvc water line for a fridge, almost the exact size of the hole, stiff enough to push out the clogs and also you can blow air through it. Works way better.
Water-logging is a tradition at Volkswagen Porsche. My 1971 Karmann Ghia was so bad that I drilled holes in the floor pan to get rid of the water. No kidding.
Love the leftover residue from the tape that covered the check engine light on the gauge cluster
Car: lots of water related problems. Sam: I'll fix it in the rain.
It’s a VAG product. It’s going to flood.
No mold with all that water and Florida sun is kinda amazing.
too warm. Mold needs cool damp places out of direct sunlight.
@@muskokamike127WHAT? Go back to school
Almost to clean. Almost like it was setup like Storage wars.
@@glengarbera7367 says the person who never paid attention in the first place.
Yeah sooooo weird right? If only I could be one of the lucky youtubers fixing cheap cars for $1! So believable!
1:35 you guys see the cow right?
cow
Cow
I had to do the same drain cleaning to my '04 V10 Touareg recently. After a torrential downpour it was doing all kinds of weird stuff with transmission and brake lights flashing on the MFD. I was surprised how much gunk there was in the drains since it was originally my bosses and he always parked it in a garage for the 18 years he drove it.
Sam , my appliance and HVAC tech calls that pinched shape in the drain a "Duck bill" it's supposed to prevent air and insects from entering. But I agree with opening it up to drain better.
I just found the same exact vehicle as the one in this episode the day after i saw this video. Owner is selling because he gave up trying to figure out the electrical isses it was having! He posted it for 1500 and its mint just like the one in the episode. Thank God for Samcrac this was my first vehicle I have tried flipping cars with!
Missing this show glad it’s back
I just wanted to say "I Love you Sam!" I love how you take a "calculated-risk" when buying cars... You have enough knowledge to make the best decision when buying these types of cars...And you have all the cool tools and meters! keep up the great work! God bless!
I had this exact problem with my Touareg a couple of years ago, a little internet search and got it fixed doing the same thing. Crazy a bit a tape it "good enough" for these companies.
I can't believe Porsche puts together wires like that 🤯
I can't believe they run the sunroof drain through the cabin like that. Dumb.
This taped mess was in no way OEM as it would not be allowed this way.
There are rules to get the certification that cover the way things have to be done.
An taping wires like this would not pass the TÜV certification.
They don’t.
@@Peer_Teer VW macht das aber so.. Es gibt ein par stellen im Kabelbaum das sind ei Kabel nur Zusammen gepresst auf diese Art. Teilweise siehts aus wie ein quadratsicher Block Kupfer bei 4-6mm² unter hohem Druck gepresst.
@@TrekZero Ja, ok, gepresst und evtl noch mit einem Klarsichtstopfen aufgeschrumpft.
Aber eben nicht, wie im Video, eine Bus-Ader einfach nur lose zusammengedrillt und mit Isoband verklebt.
Da hat schon mal jemand was dran rumgemacht.
Eine kleine Kupferader mit falschem Kontakt und irgendwo wird ein falscher Befehl gesemdet.
Hatte ich schon mal, eine Minifaser an den Mtifunktionstasten im Lenkrad war gebrückt und eine Standlicht vorne ging sporadisch an und.ließ sich nicht mehr abschalten.
Das zu finden war ein Horror, solche Fehlerquellen riskiert doch kein Hersteller.
Ich hab bei BMW schon Einiges mit dem Kabelbaum gemacht und die haben sicher keine andere/bessere Verarbeitung, als VW.😉
Nobody can segue into a product placement better than the Crac. Bravo sir!
The little restriction on the end of the sunroof drain that looks like a whoopie cushion is there to prevent debris from backing up into the tube from below. Maintaining these drains is important, and that drain tube end should be replaced soonish.
It's more for insects.
Infiniti got that issue too
I also thought it was to allow some water pressure to build up and then the flex end would open and let water flood through with some velocity, taking debris with it. Even if true this design obviously still requires some drain maintenance. Really, all cars do and many people don't realize it. It's also a much bigger issue on cars parked outside.
@@kevin9c1 If so, that's crazy. You won't get any kind of velocity out of that small of a tube.
@@muskokamike127 Well you'll get more than drips.
This is one of many best videos u have done ! Love that! Such nice fault finding !
You're so talented, don't stop creating content!
Had one with the same issue , but we never found out where the water came into the car on both sides,checked the drains even had the windscreen replaced, water would enter on both sides if you put a hose over the windscreen.But dosent matter it started to have a ticking problem from the engine,so that was that ,no more prosche to expensive to fix.
In the late 1980’s I traded a Pentax 35mm camera that I had bought for $200 for Audi sedan , engine ran ok but the transmission wouldn’t shift , windshield wipers wouldn’t work and under the hood you could hear a loud whistling sound. I drove it home slowly because the brakes were almost non existent…. Replaced a couple cracked Vacuum lines and voila EVERYTHING magically worked…. Another time I bought a Norton 850 commando for next to nothing every time you revved the engine it leaked oil everywhere, the previous owned tried dressing up the engine by replacing all the external high pressure oil lines with some really nice looking fuel line …. The gas line couldn’t seal at the fittings no matter how tight you made the ace hardware hose clamps …again replaced the hoses and clamps with required parts ,worked like a champ..
Just to prove that I am just another mortal, the clutch in the Norton started slipping so I bought a rebuild kit, after reassembling the clutch would never disengage so not having time to troubleshoot it I sold it to a friend who was a Mechanic, the next day he drove the bike over to ask me what Tork setting I used….oops
@@waynepantry7023 I’m a 75 Year old Military retiree, us old guy like to share our life stories… anyone that doesn’t care for it can just ignore it… sorry to be such a drag on your life..
Interesting story. Got any photos of the process?
@@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x unfortunately this was in the 1970’s an the 1980’s no cell phones, no digital cameras and I was in the USAF couldn’t really afford film
@@pbarnwell you also *drum-roll* just sold your camera 😀
I had a 2006 Touareg that had the exact same issue and performed the fix myself by looking up the issues on TH-cam. cleaned drains in the wheel well and the driver side running board and soldered that one wire back together and had no more issues. They also have an issue with the Center Drive Shaft bearing where the rubber around the bearing disintegrates. There's a fix for that too where you use heater hose, which works very well.
thank you for another banger video keep doing your thing Sam !
Thank you! Will do!
That intro was so on point, really loved it.
Much appreciated!
@@Samcracbud that’s a bot
Thanks for the tip on using weed Wacker line to clean out sunroof drains. Every 4 months I use my air compressor to blow air into the top drain hole.
Dude... three minutes in and I'm screaming at the tv like my wife at a soap opera....
"Just STOP and I'll give you $1200 RIGHT NOW".... knowing you already fixed it.
Get lost, bot.
I love that there is no car brand bashing that is toxic all over the internet and that Sam looks at this quite objectively, i'd personally have a hard time selling these things that i'd revived personally.
Thanks for posting these it encourages us DIY mechanics to find ways to fix what seems un fixable
Its crazy these cars cost so much and have these issues. My honda never has these problems. Gets me to point A and B safetly for fraction of cost. Glad im simple
Sunroofs in general have always had problems. I always avoid any car with a sunroof
@@russellhayden82 - Yeah, but sometimes you can't avoid them. If you want a nice luxury car, most of them have these stupid things. I can't stand them either. The one on my Mercedes never gets opened and I always leave the cover closed.
@russellhayden82
My last car was a 2001 Mitsubishi Verada with a sunroof. It was an old bomb but none of its problems had to do with the sunroof
Current is a 2007 Jaguar X type, and I've had no problems with the sunroof so far except the inside cover doesn't get automatically grabbed and pulled by it when closing
My brother has a Skoda Octavia, 2016 I think, with a sunroof, and water gets in it and leaks through the inside of the body
I like to pour a little water in the sunroof drains and push it through with the air compressor. Its part of my oil change maintenance. Interior water destroys a bunch of different vehicles. Gm had lots of issues also with the Acadia other mid-sized SUVs. Nice work 👌🏼
VW Group (Audi, Porsche, Bentley, etc...) continues making low quality junk and Sam continues figuring things out better than VW engineers. This is WIN-WIN for all 💯 👍
Same for US cars...
There was a channel from a Porsche technician and in one episode he did the same on a Cayenne de difference is that he had to solder all the wires from the passinger side becouse they were all corrode, at the end he clened all the drains from the sunfoof and from bottom of the front windshield where it was compleated clogged fron leaves.
Love the Cayenne! Can’t wait to see the next video!
Excellent find. All your knowledge and expertise is paying off.
18:20 your car suddenly turned into a right hand drive model 🧐
Camera flip
Look at 8:50 it's reversed as well. Use a mirror to read the paper.
I thought I was going nuts.
Only Sam can do it so quickly with a cable. 😂
@@charliemock4499 How can a camera flip change left to right. That definitely shows a right-hand drive, then its left. How can flip do that?
un bon achat pour une si petite reparation,félicitation!
When I worked at safelite we cleaned drains all the time. Fill the drain and then we used the compressed air longer style wand.
It's funny how captioning thought you're saying tour eggs 😂
Sam - I am so impressed with the results of your instincts and knowledge coming together to resurrect this Cayenne. Amazed at the SHODDY workmanship out of Stuttgart . . . disgraceful! Really enjoyed your total lack of hesitation in getting dirty . . . but clearly your efforts will yield a very tiddy profit! Well done!!
I had this issue on an e90 bmw sunroof. I used a bicycle pump and hooked it to the top drain ports with rubber grommets. Thru boiling water down the drain and pumped the pump. The air pressure was gentle enough to blow out all the crud..
Nice to see Sam get a W!
My daily driver is a 2001 Lexus RX300 ( 326K miles ). With a sunroof I open everytime I drive it if it isn't raining. Besides regular maintenance like oil, other fluids, batteries, wiper blades, brakes, belts, hoses, tires and the 100K whammy maintenance $1344 ( did it at 90K) timing belt, tune-up, and flushes. I've had to replace the engine computer (PCM/ECU $1,100) and front and rear control arm ball joint tie rods and sway bar link kit ($490) but original shocks. Really besides that it's been 23+ year's without problems. I know there's many examples of great results from long term ownership of various makes and models but none....none are reported by Porsche owner's. I paid 30K for the car new for my wife. Bought her a 2017 Lexus RX350 with 4,300 miles for 54,887 back in fall of 2017. Hoping to have as good performance out of this one.
Good info and guidance in what to look for. Almost makes me want to gamble on an auction car.
My '01 Jetta had a recall on the drain tube openings. Basically they designed the openings of the drain tubes to the exterior of the car with those little pinches to prevent bugs and debris from plugging it up. Little did they know or think about with the fact that any of the soot from the roof that washes into the sunroof tray will inevitably plug that up pretty quick. The dealer fix was to just cut off the pinch on that nipple and leave it open. I would suggest doing that even though I assume later in the video you already put it back together
@Samcrac Always waiting for your video!
I love how you built your channel off this kind of thing and you've kept it oging
great find and easy fix....it just goes to show that not all problems are difficult to solve and just take a little know how and common sense...(what many mechanics now lack!)
This is so nostalgic....had a first gen Turbo S. Sweet ride.
Great job Sam! So satisfying to watch you fix cars. Almost like pimple popping lol. Keep up the great work.
The second drain you found up behind the wheel arch liner is not the sun roof drain, it is the drain for the plenum chamber, a very well known issue for Touareg owners!
Just throw the rubber tit thing away on both sides, but also check the cabin air filter is dry.
Place a gently running hosepipe at the base of the screen and you should see water running out from the wheel arch drainage holes on each side of the car.
The rockers or sllls below the doors also fill with water. No one knows how by the way!
There are, from memory, three rubber grommets in each sill.
Park the car on a slope and then remove the lowest of the grommets and any retained water will run out.
And Touareg is pronounced with a long A as in Twaah-reg!!
If it is like my Q7 (and it looks it) It is not the sunroof drain but the cowl drain from the bottom of the windshield , it gets blocked with leaves and water overflows into the car from every hole. Turn the steering to full lock and remove the corner of the wheel liner , remember to do both sides
Stop flipping the frames. I thought this was a right hand drive for half the video. I was like, yeah it was $700 because it's RHD in Florida. 😂
Ikr???
At 00:37 seconds it's pretty clear the car is left hand drive.
@@andyleo8418agreed, OP just wanted a reason to complain lol
When I had a 02 gti they had a recall for those sunroof drains. There solution was to trim off the flap part leaving it wide open at all times.
Just taking a moment to absorb the fact that Porsche consider twisting wires together, which are critical to the operation of the vehicle and wrapping a bit of tape around them is a level of build quality worth the tens of thousands of dollars they ask for these cars?!?!😢
Yes, kinda what I was thinking. See my earlier comment. Basically s**t electrics.
Maybe 'Porsche' is the noise the electrics make when they get wet and the magic smoke comes out
@@imaginitivity7853 😉
A buddy bought an F450 from the studios. The wiring harness caught caught fire and cooked pretty much everything under the hood. If It could melt it did. Bought a new harness, replaced all the rubber and plastic, $140,000.00 truck for $39,000. What caused it? Someone ran hot wire battery direct, but zip tied it to the harness with no fuse. It ran to the dispatch radio in the cab. Ouch
Can someone please explain how the car suddenly became RHD around 18:00 ? Parts car maybe? I though at first that the image was just flipped/mirrored, but then realised it doesn't work that way...
Also noticed this. Before it was left hand now I see the steering on the right hand
The image is horizontally flipped. Look at the logo on Sam’s t shirt. It’s backwards
You probably believe in magic, so let's just say it's magic....now, moving on.....
See 7:57 - probably flipped for selfie mode.
16:30 Invest in a u-shape crimper tool and some crimps. Then use a weatherproof shrink sleeve. They are so cheap. I think I got my crimper for 8 bucks and 100 crimps for 2 dollars. Crimps make a better and quicker connection.
Sam I dealt with a very similar water intrusion issue on my Carrera cabriolet. It rusted out the whole passenger side floorboard. Wrecked the immobilizer too. So I taught myself how read a volt meter and weld and I fixed it myself on my channel. See you at Wrenchwerx!
Dude… trying to locate your channel wrenchwerx and cannot find it.
@@jimilesaintnot a channel, it’s an event that Freddy (Tavarish) organizes .
Yes, I had a similar wet floor problem with the clogged sunroof drain in my VW Passat GTE. But I caught it in time. The garage I bought it from fixed the problem under warranty.
20:30 not air suspension. Standard 957 Cayenne S coil spring. Not bad but not air ride. Air ride is a mirrored toggle next to the Transfercase selector on the center console
You leave your documents in your trade-in car and then someone named Sam Crack buys it for $700
Sam, you really know how to sort out issues. Kudos!
Did you buy two? One left hand drive and one right?! 😂 VidFlip
Hey Sam! As I'm a Land Rover enthusiast, I thoroughly enjoy your video content on other car models and your troubleshooting process.
Cheers from the UK!
Where’s your stepmom Sam🤷🏻♂️?
😂😂
Yeah! Where is she. And I haven't seen the cat. Where's the cat?
Wanna fix the rear window motors on my 2012 Cayenne? LOL didn't think so. I hope they don't check them when I trade it in!
Been watching your show for a while now, you should give a shout out to Steve Lehto, he really talks you up, on his show on TH-cam! I’m really happy for your win… I’m sure you’ll get at least six or 7000 if there’s nothing wrong with the engine… can’t wait for the next show!
Have exactly the same with a Mecedes A class from 2007. Water drain when clogged lets water through to the fuse box and battery compartment. Exactly the same kind of plug.
You can use those connectors that you just hit with your lighter and then they close up around the wire and give you a waterproof connection and you should do that for each of the wires
What you achieve without having to hoist the car and work underneath is amazing.
I had a similar issue with an old Mercury Mountaineer. The windshield had a bad seal, letting a bit of water in, which became a bugbear of issues. Eventually we gave up on it.
Hello from Ireland again, Sam. God, well done for fixing this Leak, lol, you got a Smoking deal Sam. It was nothing for $700, there's a brilliant chance of making good money on this Porsche. So well done Matey. Wicked Video again usual. 🙏🙏🥰👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I like your videos as you're down to earth and nothing is put on.
I enjoy the simple logic as yes there is a fault now let's see what's causing it.
Again most of the cars faults where down to a water ingress issue I.E. the sun roof to what I've fixed a lot and always time consuming.
But you found the bad and broken wires a lot through your own personal experience.
I will wait to see your next video coming soon.
Respect from across the pond in the jolly UK 🇬🇧
What's not so jolly now a days 😮
That is a deal! I am amazed at how terrible the electrical is on these. I have torn a lot of cars apart trying to trace down wiring issues and never saw such bad work right out of the factory. I understand they do not expect the interior to get that much water etc but I have vacuumed a lot of water out of cars because someone forgot to roll a window up or left the sunroof opened partially opened and it poured out but none had issues like this where the wires shorted or actually corroded away and I live in the north east. Truthfully if I was lucky enough to get this 2008ish Cayenne for that price I would cut and reconnect all the splices that are just taped, solder them, cover them with heat shrink tubing and use the liquid wire insulation over that to seal it all up nice just in case.
It took me 6 weeks to sort out the sunroof drain issues on my new to me 06’ BMW X3. The sunroof drains were packed with dirt that was almost as solid as cement. It took me foreverrrrrr to clear the drains. There are also two drains in the cowl under the hood.
I bought an '08 Cayenne Turbo from Copart with the same sunroof drain issue. Luckily I caught it before the electrical problems started.
These diy fix videos are always great 👍 even the few videos where things don't work, the efforts are always great to watch!
Very good
video Sam
Well Done DIDN'T you have the same problem on another Porsche SUV some time back you have got a very cheap 4×4 with power
I have a 2006 cayenne s، one day the ignition switch warning came on , i found online it's related to a red/brown wire fixed that issue which was originally caused by the AC drain begin clogged.
Still runs like a charm.
I had vehicles before that i will never buy again but the Cayenne isn't one of them for sure
Sometimes when a car won't go in gear, could be as simple as a fuse. On my 98' civic, it wouldn't go in gear turns out because of a small 10 amp fuse which was the brake/stop lamp. So with even pressing the brakes, it wasn't signaling the transmission.
To have mechanical nous like that is a gift!! Good work!!
Congrats. Great deal. I wish I could find one like that, Thats one of the cars I really hope to have at some point...
Nice one ! I love this kind of video’s. But the red section of the solder shrink tube should be on the isolation of your wire to keep it watertight. Nice job !
I have no mechanical skills, but id love to visit the yards you go to and try pick some of those cars up you work on to fix. Its like modern day treasure hunting.
Love your car stories! Also love the segway to Incogni. Best I've seen in a while!
Porsche drains always clog. I just found my drain on my GT3 in the front compartment on the passenger side next to the battery was completely clogged and the whole area was filled with water. No water actually inside the fronk carpeted area or the inside of the car. Luckily I found it before any real damage.
Best of Sam crac in 2024 😮amazing details thank you
I love how you segue into sponsor spots, so smooth man.
a very satisfying vid to watch...especially when all the fault codes are cleared.
One of the most satisfying fixes to watch. You’re a wizard!