Removing a Mini Cooper S Engine in less than 1 Hour? Mechanic Says No Problem!
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More like cringescaped
You can do the same thing on an OG Mini in 5 mins!
Is possible with an oxygen Torch
Oh good. So you are only charging the customer 1 hour for removal right? The book time is 8-9 hours for removal.
J/K. Car Ninja’s speed and high level of knowledge is worth the full 8 hour charge. You dont get expert level knowledge at shade tree prices. Nor do you hire a high powered attorney, at public defender prices.
Agreed
You pay for the knowledge and experience or the time and if I had to choose I rather pay for the knowledge and experience of an expert.
Weeezard!
Just shows how much dealerships pad the book time to increase profit
Such an under appreciated and practiced school of thought by John q public. I agree 100%
Step#1 to removing Mini engine in 1 hour: Lock Hoovie in the men's room. Success assured.
On a newer, minty clean car and no Hoovie, I bet he could have done it in 1 hr.
Car Ninja is very very skilled in his trade. You guys are watching decades of hard work to get to that level.
Being hes a bmw mechanic, im sure hes had looooooots of practice on these things. They constantly need serious repairs.
Except when he put in the week fluid
The fact that Ninja is charging Hoovie the actual time and not book time is *extremely* generous. Imagine spending a decade plus honing your skills to get paid by the hour, effectively taking a paycut
@anotherYOUtubER you sure spend a lot of time thinking about other people's sexuality
Truf!!
Me after spending an hour and 24 minutes removing an engine: "well, I got the bumper off and it's jacked up but I did manage to have 3 beers and a cigar so that pretty good."
Smoke meth you’ll get more stuff done
I worked as a tech for Audi/VW dealership for 47 years, we should have been allowed to drink 🍺 on the job. Sure did after work.
@@619guy202 word. Really dial in your focus.
@@nickpappas4133 definitely helps get you in the zone. Some people are just better after a few. Some people have too many and forget to tighten axle bolts like my friend's drunk mechanic. Ruins it for everyone.
Me after spending an hour and 24 minutes removing an engine: “well, I got the bumper off and it’s all jac.....crap! Wrong bumper!!
1H 24M isn't bad at all. But you also have to include he was talking to Tyler at some points and was dealing with a mini in poor shape. Mechanics like this are few and far between.
@@thebrokenbolt3990 forget to change profile there bud?
@@Error-bp6wy The teenage kids who pretend they are 'ladies' kept commenting on things so I decided to have a rant at them
Talking to Tyler at a LOT of points?
@@Error-bp6wy RITA's here 🤣
The Car Ninja back kicks the tire proving he really is a Ninja.
“You are just going to observe, you aren’t going to interrupt”. Words well said ninja.
Hoovie agreed, then of course interrupted the Ninja many times. Typical of him, one could not expect otherwise.
There should be a sign on the wall with that exact phrase.
What an amazing mechanic ! Most mechanics don't work on Mini and BMW..... Always sending you to the dealership ! This would have cost 12k pluss Bmw Buffalo ! Ninja is an absolute great friend/mechanic! So impressive !
@ m ph ... a polite way of telling Hoovie to keep well away ;-)
@@SerbanCMusca-ut8ny That should at least be worth 25 minutes of hoovies-shenanigans, in my book the Ninja rocks, or better said, "kicks-rubber" did you see that ninja back kick! 5:33, off the charts!
I’ve going the Ninja an extra 25 minutes due to Tyler talking to him non-stop. 😂🤣
It still costs so much because the Ninja trained his whole life to be able to pull an engine in an hour. You pay for his skill.
@@KS-xo3oh it's still an benefit to the customer because they can get their car back faster 🙂
I think it was a joke.
Mechanics proving “book time” is a cruel joke. How long would a one-armed, tool-less piano player take to do the job. Yeah, we’ll pay that amount of time. When anyone with a shred of experience can shred the “book time” just how stupid do you think customers are?
I do my own until the tools get too expensive.
@@KS-xo3oh You only pay booktime when booktime is reasonable. As with any repair. Some rusty crapshoot car you don't want to think about booktime because the book says every bolt is clean and comes out in 2 seconds. Pricing is weird though.
I usually go by as long as both parties think they got a good deal its fine. But there are people for which any amount of money is too much.
@@markstevens1729 So if I train my whole life to be able to do a highly skilled job in 10 minutes rather than 1 hour like everyone else, I should charge for 10 minutes, 6 times less than the norm? Do you realize how stupid you sound?
Ninja's quiet confidence is on a whole nother level. He's come a long way from his first appearance on your channel. Seems like he opened up more and is more willing to put up with shenanigan
Once I learned about "maintenance mode" on the MINI, fixing stuff got a lot easier. You can actually thread bolts into the frame rails so the whole front bumper and radiator move forward about 6". Now you can reach the stuff on the front of the engine that is almost definitely leaking. It's a fairly modular design overall.
Well Josh, looks like you got a super enthusiastic reply there. Amazing what threading bolts will get you.
We here in Dallas do not like the severe winter storms we had last week, either.
GTOger....good to know you made it thru...hope everything is going well for you...have a good'n & be safe. :)
-47°C with windchill here Imao
Thank you for pointing out the obvious
You guys were hit by weather weaponry along with turning power off when it didn't need to be turned off. How was it where you guys are?
@@andyossie tinfoil hat alert.
The Car Ninja makes every difficult job look easy. My Maserati clutch was no simple job, and I suspect this wasn't either. But he approaches each job with an optimism that is truly incredible, and he never gives up. Even when people are wandering around his shop with cameras all around him.
You had to mention Maserati... My engine put valves into pistons twice due to snapped timing and then a sudden seize of water pump. Not a fond memory.
After doing the timing chain on my 07 Mini, I can confirm that this is absolutely insane. Shop time for the job was something like 13 hours.
I’m still amazed that they crammed the engine in that little front end. You must have absolutely no room to work.
and they cook emsleves in no time, everything on em fails due to heat build up...
i often get engines out of minis, takes about a minute.
swing in the grab, rip off the bumper, swing the grab back in, lift the car by the grabbed engine, wiggle it and the car just falls away...
@Edgar Miller no Mini's have always been front engine
Welcome to Germany
@Edgar Miller what!?! I suggest some research is in order. The original Mini pretty much invented the transverse FWD drivetrain that is nearly a universal standard for passenger cars these days. Designed by Alec Issigonis.
Had this same exact car. Worst car I had ever owned. 2007 Cooper S had a turbo 4 cylinder Peugeot 206 motor that had constant trouble with the timing chain set, excessive oil consumption to the tune of a quart per fill up, and poorly designed gaskets for oil and antifreeze cooling that were baked at less than 75k miles requiring replacement. I also wound up replacing the turbo at around 72K, plus the gaskets for oil and antifreeze cooling. Wound up replacing belts too.
Required full removal of the front end of the car much like this here. Took a month total due to no garage and constant rain. Dealer wanted 6800, I did the work myself for 800.
I love that back kick to the drivers front tire Johnny’s Truly a Ninja
The car ninja really is a ninja if he can get an engine out in 1 1/2 hours! . Extremely impressive.
This is what passes for progress in 2021. With the original 1961 Mini Cooper your granny could have changed the engine in an hour, and put it back.
@@davidjones332 I have actually removed an original mini engine. It was really easy but it still took me 3 hours, and this is far far more complicated.
@@terencehawkes3933 If you have a ramp, air tools, hoist and have done it before half an hour to take out and a bit longer to go in because of getting the bolts started. Regularly put engines from a 1300GT Austin/Wolesley etc into the Mini.
@@davidjones332 lmfao 🤡🤡 a 4yr old can take apart a phone from the 60s in under 5min. Do my a favor and take apart your cell phone and put it back together in 5min
It never fails. When you get an “easy” job that your fully comfortable with and confident you can knock it out “real quick”
That’s when everything fights you.
Literally everything.
And the most awkward ball shaver advertisement goes to hoovie!
Not by a long shot. Rich Rebuilds easily defends his title on that one.
@@houseofno It was hilarious. I laughed so hard
So they include magnifying glasses now?
@@bryduhbikeguy that's for those of us with mini doodads. :-)
Great video. I have an '06 mini with 104k on it also, and plan on doing the 100k service as well this summer, so I'll be watching the rest of the video with interest. I don't think my engine has the oil leaks that Hoovies does, but the supercharger oil needs changing, and the whole "might as well" list.
Hoovies ’thank you for watching’ is the most genuine on TH-cam. Love it.
I love how Ninja is a master at his end of his craft and how humble and light hearted he is about it. Even for $6k Ninja makes you feel comfortable to spend that much lol
The Ninja comin atchya with the high kick on the left wheel!. I love how Hoovie called him the Wizard and sank back into the engine bay
Toyotas at 100k miles: you should probably change the oil, totally your call though.
BMWs at 100k miles: you should probably just change the whole car.
This comment is dead on, balls (shaved obviously, thanks to Manscaped) accurate.
@@I-Teee what 💀
Mechanics everywhere: "Please don't hover over us and be annoying while we work."
Hoovie: "What if we film it and set a 1 hour time limit?"
Thank you for saving this MC40 MINI from the scrapyard. You should take a picture with the new 2020 Paddy Hopkirk special edition MINI, they look very similar. Same color, same rally numbers etc.
Hoovie: The WHOLE nose has to come off
Audi owners: That's called our service position :(
No the "service position" is the customer bending forward and grasping their knees. Pray the techs use Vasoline.
@@houseofno do you mean Valvoline.
@@houseofno every audi i work on i give the customer a small tub of Vaseline
Currently swapping the engine in my 2000 A6 Quattro, can confirm
@@AnOrbitalCat Good luck! :)
Always a joy watching the Ninja work.......no BS just getting the job done. His channel has become my favorite automotive "fix it" channel. His competence and confidence is top notch
I feel your pain with the lack of progress and so does the Mustang sitting in my shop waiting for parts .
The beauty of those minis is once the front is removed they are very accessible and it's also a very cool looking car with classy interior.
"once the front is removed" at 100k miles I might add.
Hoovie is lucky to have found not one but two great mechanics. Wish I could find just one that was as knowledgeable and honest as the ninja and wizard.
Reminds me of working on my 1968 Mini, nearly 30 yrs ago. Once you have taken them out a few times they are quite easy. Nice work Ninja!
I typically skip the advertisement portions of the videos, but knowing Hoovies personality, I had to watch him talk about ball products.
Maybe i should order one of those manscaped kits.
I really like the ninjas attitude. Polite, calm, knowledgeable, humorous, and never dumps on people. I can imagine that that combined with his incredible knowledge makes for a very well run garage with loyal customers.
Thanks!!
Haha, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is appropriate music for Mini Cooper engine removal, INTENSE.
Had me on the edge of my seat
@@619guy202 Me too
No need to remove u-frame, the bumper cover, then bar, then etc... Just remove 6 13mm bolts on u-frame, disconnect hood cable, remove 3 bolts (1 hard to reach) on each frame rail and disconnect all electrical, then whole front end comes out. This is provided u are willing to disconnect the AC lines and later recharge AC.
No need to remove the driver side CV-axle (that always stuck). U can swing the engine out with it.
I see a Ninja vs Wizard duel.......who can empty Hoovie’s wallet fastest.......:)
Wizard hands down. He is already on his second yacht.
Wizard for sure.
I must say: you're LUCKY to have 2 greate mechanics! It's always a pleasure to watch Wiiiiiiiiizard and Ninja working!
The car ninja is really amazing. He’s an artist.
I personally love the r53 mini been wanting one fore a while they aren't the fastest but they sure are fun and easy to work on ive had an engine out in about 2 hours. Like the fiat 500s did a swap on one of those in a day. Love how they just slide out the front
He got to get paid for his skills. It's like any job. You get what you pay for.
and it may work out cheaper this way in the long run with other parts needing replacing on the engine. None of the fiddling away in spaces that you can barely reach and cannot see into.
Good to see a pro in action. An hour 24 minutes is not bad at all, given they charge you six hour for the operation. Reminds me of my time working to make small roads in an estate project. They gave us a month on a 50m stretch and we needed 3 days until tarmac ready. Had to wait for those guys, but still my boss was impressed. I got transferred to the airport maintenance crew, to get things going faster. We had to work very fast, then drive off while planes landed and took off again, then back to work again.
The more parts that get replaced, the more desirable that MINI becomes.
Still JP (junky poop)
My 02 Cooper S was extremely reliable. The 07 Cooper S that replaced it was not. Sounds like the more common story is that they are not reliable at all.
@@mph5896 once you get the failure items replaced they are quite reliable. There just happens to be a lot of failure items. My 05 s was great once I replaced what needed to be.
Maybe if you jack up the vin tag and roll another car under there it would even sell for a profit
I love that car. used to have one with 35k miles. Supercharged 1.6 engine, was super nice to drive
13:25 Love seeing that Albanian flag up there, Ninja seems like such a cool dude.
Eagerly awaiting an update on this one. I love my mini and was stoked to see you picked one up. Once its done, you're gonna have a blast in it!
The ninja reminds me of Guido from the movie cars lol
Pee-t stop!
Car Ninja and the Car Wizard are legends…
Just to clear up one thing the original BMW MINI was developed by the Rover Group (because BMW didn't know anything about FWD!) and it was meant to be the replacement for the Rover 200 'Bubble' hatchback and the original 1 Series was also meant to be another Rover replacement. Alas BMW got it's greedy little mitts on Rolls Royce and lost interest in Rover. A great shame because if you follow Cold War Motors, Scott and Al are restoring a proper Rover P5 3 Litre. Also Rover were planning to use their own K Series engine and BMW said no and went for the cheaper Chrysler built motor, the rest is history.
My old bosses wife used to have one and although it was bigger than my wife's Austin Mini City it was smaller on the inside!
Practice makes perfect, and BMW has given him the opportunity to get a lot of practice.
Not bad. When you know the process that it took to put it together at the factory, it goes quickly (depending on how rusty the bolts are). When I worked at Mistubishi, the time it took for the car to get to the end of the line to be driven off from when the engine went in was two hours. From a bare body to finished was about 4. Some manufacturers went faster than that. You can pull a 350 out of a Camaro in about 90 minutes.
24 min is what it takes when the owner is Hovering! You should call this Hoovies Hovering episode...
Good show Ninja!
Miss my R53 MINI S, say what you will about 'em... when they are good they are GREAT fun!
Very much look forward to this MC40 being back to its glory.
Hoovie: Blah Blah Blah?
Ninja: Yes
That was a fairly amazing job getting that all apart in less than 1 1/2 hours. Wow. You deal with two amazing mechanics Hoovie.
Ninja: "You're not interrupting, just watching, right?"
Hoovie: "Yeah I just wanna watch."
5 seconds into the challenge
Hoovie: "So what's the first order of business?"
I got really good at these a few years ago. Was replacing a clutch every couple weeks in minis over a summer. I’m not a big mini fan but they aren’t terrible to work on.
Music - Edvard Grieg In the hall of the mountain king
Johnny is a Joy to watch, serious attention to detail and methodology shows a guy who enjoys his work and a level of professionalism that is rare in Automotive Workshops, The choice of muzak on the time lapse was amusing too and very fitting.
As Johnny is impeccably groomed already perhaps Wheezard may benefit from the Lawnmower 3.0 and accoutrements from Manscaped?
Answer a few of lifes mysteries such as Does Mr Wizard have a Chin and Do the Curtains and carpets match? Actually Exnay on the latter.
Still my favourite TH-camr Hoovie, still delivering Yucks and chuckles while feeding my insane lust for POS Volvos and Mercedes justification too lol
He's charging 6 grand 'cause he knows no one else will do it, at all, much less for more...🤣🤣🤣
Just got stuff ordered from your sponsor and WOW the savings that I got for what I ordered, thanks Tyler. Keep up the awesome you that you are and be safe.
If that was my garage, I’d have Hoovie sat in the waiting room with a cup of coffee and nowhere near me. “I call you when it’s ready”.
the mechanic shows amazing restraint by not slugging the obnoxious host in the face
He’s a beast. And that’s how money is made.
13:32 the winter storm affected me getting my replacement catalysts for my Aveo on time as well; FedEx had a MASSIVE backlog in my local area to where my parts were delayed until yesterday afternoon and i had to do a late night 3 hour wrenching session last night after i got home from work to get them installed so I could finally drive my car after being out of commission for two weeks.
2:10 That ninja look.. 😂
Any time you pay a little over .... Just know you have an amazing mechanic. Its worth every dollar! Never take him for granted. He's so good !!! Let him know ! We all love his amazing work !
"Dumbest Car Channel"
Buys Mini Cooper for $2K
Repairs for $6K
Seems legit
In hoovie's defence he has added at least $1500 of value to the mini after all those repairs😀
You forgot the 4-6 YT videos he squeezes out of this car - even if it's only worth $1 when done he'll make a good profit.
@@Lexor888 yup. The yt videos itself will return his investment
Could have just stopped at "buys mini cooper".
No one buys a mini because we're smart. We buy them because they're fun! Also more cents than sense. Thank you hoovie for saving this one. Definitely going to go up especially since last year mini came out with an updated version of this car and honestly the R53 is more MINI.
As an old time mechanic myself, I can only admire from afar his skill and knowledge. Of course, when it comes to Mini Coopers, he probably gets lots of practice! Go get 'em Ninja! (PS: I liked the Mini Coopers when they were made by BMC)
This is like a reverse Lego speedbuild
Lmao
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My God! He IS a Ninja!! I just finished a clutch change on my R56 where I measured progress in days rather than hours + minutes.
Hoovie Mini engine removal costs:
Remove engine - 1 hr
Putting up with Hoovie while doing that - 6 hrs
😉🤣
I remember spending 4 or 5 hours on doing radiator and brakes on my 05 cooper base. Ninja just pulled an engine in an hour and half. He knows what he is doing
Car ninja seens like the nicest guy ever. I want to be his friend 😂
He is, I contacted him on some work and he walked me through it over the phone, truly an awesome nice guy.
@@patricktiller8881 guys like this are salt of the earth bro. He seems so polite. I bet he even says pardon me when he farts 😂
I took my car to his shop for some maintenance and we talked for about 10 minutes. He's a good guy. He told me that I was free to check out his Car Trek Ferrari if I wanted (it was sitting out back).
@@Flatlandcoug where is the ninja's shop located???
@@waynerota7666 Wichita, Kansas. East side of town. Called German Motor Works
Sorry to hear about the delay on parts, Hoovie. My girlfriend just bought a 2006 Honda Accord V-6 and it has bad motor mounts and a bad bushing on one of the control arms and, just like you, the parts have been delayed thanks to the weather.
"AND REMEMBER!!!" - Scotty Kilmer 12:52
Truly a mechanical artist at work! Well Done. Consider me impressed!
Sometimes I question if this is hoovie or beaker from the muppets when he gets that wide eyed look
You have to watch I think the Christmas theme Car Trek, there was a scene in that that had me wondering the same thing
I wanna start eventually start working on my own cars but the issue I may have is, how do you mechanics remember where the bolts/screws go back to?
You're paying for the years of knowledge something lacking at many main stealers these days
I definitely enjoy watching the ninja he’s very upbeat! Always seems to be smiling with a good attitude!
Haven't finished the video and I can already tell it's going to be for some tiny valve seal or something buried way below the engine.
Well it is a Chrysler engine.
@@olliewebbuk no that's Mercedes this is a bmw product
@@jakecletus2824 MINIs didn’t have BMW engines until the F56 chassis onward. This MINI has Brazilian-made Chrysler engine, the next generation had Peugeot engines. The Cooper S engine now is the B48 that you’d find in a new 320i.
So no, you’re very wrong, look it up. This first Generation of new MINI wasn't really developed by BMW, but by Rover on behalf of BMW.
@@olliewebbuk well I learned something new,
The soft spoken Ninja, a man of few words, is such a nice contrast to the presenter with that obsessive compulsion to say something unnecessary just to constantly interrupt the otherwise lovely music (and yes, I truly hate to admit, but the video editing with the Ninja scrambling, Hoovie babbling, Peer Gynting, was just plain lovely, well done, and fun to watch and listen).
This is why you pay a “professional”.
Quotes around a word usually indicate sarcasm or mocking emphasis. Is the Car Ninja not a professional to you or am I misinterpreting?
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@@ShockwavesFTW Some contemporary semiliterates never learned that and use quotation marks merely to indicate emphasis: under-educated, over-opinionated.
Obviously there’s always the “I can do it for cheaper” option, which is never the way to go
My dad was a mechanic my whole life, loved watching him pull engines apart...,.
“Ninja”-ninja
“it’s ninja’s we’ll check in” hoovie
“Price just went up” -ninja 😂
I have been waiting for computer up grades and it’s been a long time since I ordered them and they are finally here today. So happy. Thanks for the show Hoovie and Car Ninja
You have never clickbaited us like Scotty, mad respect.
First time i hear a mechanic in america he is gonna replace just the cv boot. Respect for ninja and his very clean workshop
Aww, Hoovie has a picture with his grammy on his phone. Bless him.
That’s his wife 😂
This car is very limited and sought after. Hoovie is of course not the idiot he makes out. Once finished it will be worth well over 10K so a tidy profit when he comes to sell it.
Mechanics charge book time because : he spent 10 years+ learning his trade - you owe him for the years NOT the minutes.
By that logic, teachers should be paid at mechanic rates.
@@davidchi8914 Yeah, they should. Mechanics make or break a car. Teachers make or break an entire generation.
But that's a story for another day, I'm here to watch hoopties get saved.
@@davidchi8914 Well considering the massive importance of teachers in society, they should be paid very well, but they're not, and you get poor teachers as a result.
A good teacher can leave a lasting impression on a person for their entire life.
@@davidchi8914 A less skilled mechanic will take longer. There is a very solid evidence that the mechanic completed the task. How will you know that the teacher completed the task more quickly than others? Did the student make a difference, not the teacher? Time is the measure - this is logic
@@ramblinman787 If only we had some method to evaluate the quality of a teachers's work... like some sort of testing method...
I enjoy watching the Ninja at work...the condition of his shop and tools speak volumes. Looking forward to seeing the little Mini brought back to shape...will be interesting to see how it performs after the performance mods.
The timer should've stopped everytime Hoovie stopped by asking dumb questions lol
I just watched a nearly 15 minute video comprised mostly of watching the Car Ninja bent over a car engine bay from behind..... and I enjoyed it immensely.
Last time I was this fast Mini where still cool
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*were
Honestly saab owners are supposed to be upper echelon, how do you mess up where/were?
Lol
"You're just going to observe not help, right?" lol...I almost spit up my coffee on that one
5:33 so that’s why they call him the car ninja
Official BMW approved method!
thanks Hoovie for going on Ninja's ...... because of you, I've got him, car wiz, and jr........you're a moneymaker......Love all of your guys shows!
9:11 smart car said adios.