This makes the thermostat and water pump replacement job I just did on my W212 E63 look like child’s play by comparison. Holy smokes you have zero room in that engine bay!
New subsccriber, but knew about you for several years! I work on my 42 car collection, and I thought I was the only one who forgot how I did something to a car years ago! The only car I have close to a BMW is my 1999 Bentley Arnage with the BMW 740L engine! Much respect from NC!
I like watching videos like this and reminds me of why I don’t really want to work on other peoples cars. There’s so much that has to be removed to get to one part and things can break like tabs or snapping a bolt. Shoot while you are filming a TH-cam video you should watch some to help you with the belt. I watch a lot of videos and it helps a lot.
Back! I was so worried there weren't going to be anymore after 2 months. Then just this morning my Subscription to the channel disappeared. I commented on Hoovie and Wizard's that you were gone, then did a search and the channel showed up there. Re-subcribed and on the same day a video came out, yeah!
The Factory way and the Jonny way :-) Good tools make a big difference and quality tool makers that answer the needs of their clients are awesome, I have collected Mercedes and Volvo service tools over the years for 70's and 80's models and many of them are now long redundant compliments of newer tool designs, Nice to know its still occurring.
@@The98deville Porsche has a programme for classic car parts such as 911, 928 etc.... but I think the Macan will never be a classic, when its life is over, it will become a frying pan.
One thing about working at home, you have things that just aren't at the shop. I have a couple of extra pool noodles just for working on cars that I don't care if grease gets on them, that I stuff down into tight areas below things I'm taking off that might break if they fall all the way down and hit the ground. Also helps to keep them from getting down to an area that they might get jammed in and take a lot of extra time to get back up and out.
I wish you would find the solution to the ubiquitous Honda S2000 off-idle stumble problem that literally no on on earth has a definitive solution for. I know you are not a Honda guy ... but I have thrown the challenge down for you! Thank you for your skill, professionalism, and your willingness to share it with the world.
Hey Johnny. You can make your life a lot easier, buy yourself a roll of .060" lock wire, use it to secure anything, so if you drop it, you can easily get it back. The pulley you just removed, lock wire around it, secure the ends to a water pipe, rubber hose, etc., and never worry about dropping searching for anything again!
Great job! Enjoyable video. I would have had to replace the water pump while I was in there, but I understand customers have their limitations when also paying for your expertise.
Ninja do you think they made it so hard to replace so you don’t cheap out on the parts and to buy genuine parts! Sneaky Porsche. Happy to see you back my friend Respect from Greece
Nice to see another video, thought the Ninja went to rehab due to working on these cars!! haha. German cars are so fun to drive but such a PITA to work on. If the Germans could just make things easier to work on they would have the perfect cars. With everything going EV guess it won't matter down the road. Bummer.
Dude would make a great F-15 crew chief...LOL I had MANY MANY a shift doing things like this on my aircraft....so now I know I can do the thermostat and water pump on my 2018 Macan GTS(same color too!)...lol
The Car Ninja saying “stubby” reminds me of a mechanic friend who had a trainee back in the 80s. He was working on a car and the trainee, let’s call him Tyler, was ‘assisting’. The mechanic asked for a stubby Phillips, Tyler pretended to look for the screwdriver, he was taking too long a time. The mechanic was getting impatient and started shouting “pass the stubby Phillips! Have you found it, it was right there!!??” Tyler was getting upset that he couldn’t find it, and at being shouted at. The mechanic didn’t know that Tyler didn’t know what a stubby Phillips was, Tyler was too proud/scared to fess up. (Mechanics DID THINGS to trainees in the 1980s) The whole scene ended with Tyler screaming “WHO THE F**K IS STUBBY PHILLIPS, I HAVEN’T SEEN HIM, WHO IS HE, DOES HE WORK HERE?” 😮😂😢
"Don't cheap out on the parts it's not worth the labor" Yep, put a "good" alternator in my 9-5 only to do the same job 1 year later with the "better"(Bosch). This involves 2 jacks, one for the body, one for the engine.
Missed you, but i can see how you've been buisy, seems like the more emissions garbage covering the engine bay like octopus tentacles, hiding common failure parts that usually require maintenance, like the thermostat, belts, alternator, starter, and the many plastic components that become brittle and break due to the heat produced by the engine and exhaust, less people want to work on the stuff, which kinda gives a good shop like yours a llot more work. G-d bless y'all, looking forward to more video's.
I have an issue with my 2009 3.6 l Audi Q7 as the mechanic replace the head gasket as it was leaking and now I have a ssssss noise on back of the engine also doesn’t run as fast, hard brake’s and low mpg. Need to find a good mechanic in central Florida.
Good to see you back! Sadly cars and engines are designed to cause the planet issues and money, that thermostat is where it is on purpose, why would they want repairs to be easy and cheap for everyone. When you find out who really owns all the major car companies, global media, big pharma companies, food companies etc etc, you then know why. Anyway, look forward to the next episode. Laters
Watched this video maybe 50 times. Can confirm that I was able to do this job in my parking spot at home. Took me about 7 days due to lack of tools. I would recommend getting the Porsche O-Ring Lube because the silicone did not work for me and the o-ring lube just popped right in. Thank you!
I appreciate the idea of not cheaping out on parts, especially on a car like this. So I take it then that Zerex coolant is just as good as the OEM stuff or other German manufacturers like Liquimoly and the like?
We missed you, Jonny! Shop still looks immaculate!
Great to see you back Mr Ninja
He's a sir, or doctor even. Genius, nice guy too.
Great to see you back. "You could do it at home" - Now that's funny. I certainly couldn't.
Thanks. I wish you were local to me.
Missed you Jonny!!! Glad you’re back and you were gone for a good reason!!
What was the reason, if you don’t mind my asking?
Great to hear the shop is busy to the point you're bringing in more employees! Says a lot about your expertise and service
I think Jon and Mason are gone. Leaving Jonny, Ben and the two new guys.
Good to see you washing your hands before getting in the car, I’ve seen so many that don’t
Jonny is a freakin' boss. Doing all that blind by feel up to his armpits in the front of the car. Glad to have you guys back!
Watching the knowledge in that brain at work is always impressive.
This makes the thermostat and water pump replacement job I just did on my W212 E63 look like child’s play by comparison. Holy smokes you have zero room in that engine bay!
Welcome back Johnny
New subsccriber, but knew about you for several years! I work on my 42 car collection, and I thought I was the only one who forgot how I did something to a car years ago! The only car I have close to a BMW is my 1999 Bentley Arnage with the BMW 740L engine! Much respect from NC!
This video will help you remember for the next time. Great to see you filming again.
I like watching videos like this and reminds me of why I don’t really want to work on other peoples cars. There’s so much that has to be removed to get to one part and things can break like tabs or snapping a bolt. Shoot while you are filming a TH-cam video you should watch some to help you with the belt. I watch a lot of videos and it helps a lot.
Definitely taking notes! 📝
Finally! an update on this channel i love!
Watching Jonny work is gracious.
Missed you ninja
Back! I was so worried there weren't going to be anymore after 2 months. Then just this morning my Subscription to the channel disappeared. I commented on Hoovie and Wizard's that you were gone, then did a search and the channel showed up there. Re-subcribed and on the same day a video came out, yeah!
Damn I do hope we don't have to wait another 90 days but we understand. Almost thought you gave up on us here. Anyway glad to see you're still around
Missed you Mr ninja
The Factory way and the Jonny way :-)
Good tools make a big difference and quality tool makers that answer the needs of their clients are awesome, I have collected Mercedes and Volvo service tools over the years for 70's and 80's models and many of them are now long redundant compliments of newer tool designs, Nice to know its still occurring.
Great to see you again. You make auto repairs look easy.
He really does make it look easy, it’s anything but 🤷🏼♂️😃
I would’ve changed the water pump as well while you are in there!
So glad you are back! You have been missed!
Good to see you back.
The right tools will make or break any mechanic or DIYer. Good info, Johnny! Keep up the good work! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Good to see you again Johnny, I'd like to see what happens to that engine 30 years from now, with all those plastic parts.
As long as it makes it thru the warranty that's all Porsche worries about which is sad considering the cost premium of their vehicles.
@@The98deville Porsche has a programme for classic car parts such as 911, 928 etc.... but I think the Macan will never be a classic, when its life is over, it will become a frying pan.
Why would you care about it in 30 years.
About time you came back Ninja and crew!
One thing about working at home, you have things that just aren't at the shop. I have a couple of extra pool noodles just for working on cars that I don't care if grease gets on them, that I stuff down into tight areas below things I'm taking off that might break if they fall all the way down and hit the ground. Also helps to keep them from getting down to an area that they might get jammed in and take a lot of extra time to get back up and out.
That's always nice when ninja tips to save time on how to do repairs that saves time. Nice Job🔥👍
Glad to see you back at it man and always cool to see a Porsche on the channel
Glad to have you back!
Thanks for the video, it's always a pleasure to watch a talented technician. 👍
Welcome back, very well done in being so good you needed to hire more people
3-pdl conversion is the way to go for the E46 M3 🤌🏽😮💨 So good to see you and the team are thriving 👊🏽💪🏽
So good to see you back, coffee in hand, watching smiling! 👌🏻
Glad to see you back Johnny! :)
Good work Shqipe🫡
Welcome back!
Wifey . I’m just going down to garage to change my Porsche thermostat see you in a couple of weeks.
Glad youre back , greetings from the netherlands👍👍
Welcome back. I miss your videos
Keep it coming
I wish you would find the solution to the ubiquitous Honda S2000 off-idle stumble problem that literally no on on earth has a definitive solution for. I know you are not a Honda guy ... but I have thrown the challenge down for you! Thank you for your skill, professionalism, and your willingness to share it with the world.
Love the confident way he cleans up before starting it up, I wouldn't dare tempt the Motoring Gods that way...
"shortcuts' that work are so very satisfying, welcome back
6:14 "I'm about to drop it..... shit." -- Every shadetree mechanic, ever.
Hey Johnny. You can make your life a lot easier, buy yourself a roll of .060" lock wire, use it to secure anything, so if you drop it, you can easily get it back. The pulley you just removed, lock wire around it, secure the ends to a water pipe, rubber hose, etc., and never worry about dropping searching for anything again!
Welcome back Johnny. Still making videos worth watching.
Great to see the Ninja back!
Good to see you again 👍
Nice to see you back, I wondered where you had gone.
Welcome back
Great job! Enjoyable video. I would have had to replace the water pump while I was in there, but I understand customers have their limitations when also paying for your expertise.
Glad your back!!
Oh just noticed that you closing in on the TH-cam silver play button
Ninja do you think they made it so hard to replace so you don’t cheap out on the parts and to buy genuine parts! Sneaky Porsche.
Happy to see you back my friend
Respect from Greece
Missed you!!! Glad you're back!
Glad you're back Jonny...was wondering where you've been!
good to have you bach
Engineers are the bane of mechanics and technicians whether it be for autos or industrial process plants
It’s so folks can’t do it themselves 😏😡
They design so maintenance after 3 to 5 years is ridiculous. 11 to 12 hours to change starter motor on Audi Q7!?
Welcome back. Good job 👏
Great stuff man. So glad you’re back. 🎉😁
"Not fun but doable" welcome to working on cars
If that wasn't the case he would not be happy. Bushyboy Oz
Nice to see another video, thought the Ninja went to rehab due to working on these cars!! haha. German cars are so fun to drive but such a PITA to work on. If the Germans could just make things easier to work on they would have the perfect cars. With everything going EV guess it won't matter down the road. Bummer.
What a beast. Would love to have a garage like that someday
Nice to see a shop owner actually work on cars. Some people just talk and talk, but never actually do any repairs or services on video.
Always good to see you working, you are the Car Ninja.
Dude would make a great F-15 crew chief...LOL I had MANY MANY a shift doing things like this on my aircraft....so now I know I can do the thermostat and water pump on my 2018 Macan GTS(same color too!)...lol
Great to see you back . Look forward to further videos.
THANK YOU for making this!!😊
Glad your back!!
Jeepers creepers, I am SO glad I don't have a modern German car... Feel for you working on this junk all day long.
Great video
Jonny. You could have been a surgeon.
There is the right way and then the Ninja way....
Nothing says "German engineering" like a failed t-stat in 6 years. Thanks for the video, Jonny!
Awesome as always
Welcome back, your content is very informative and i think it's safe to say your videos have been a big miss 👏🏽👏🏽
Love the videos!
Another advantage of filming is that you can use it for training or to refresh your memory
wondering where you been
The Car Ninja saying “stubby” reminds me of a mechanic friend who had a trainee back in the 80s. He was working on a car and the trainee, let’s call him Tyler, was ‘assisting’. The mechanic asked for a stubby Phillips, Tyler pretended to look for the screwdriver, he was taking too long a time. The mechanic was getting impatient and started shouting “pass the stubby Phillips! Have you found it, it was right there!!??” Tyler was getting upset that he couldn’t find it, and at being shouted at. The mechanic didn’t know that Tyler didn’t know what a stubby Phillips was, Tyler was too proud/scared to fess up. (Mechanics DID THINGS to trainees in the 1980s) The whole scene ended with Tyler screaming “WHO THE F**K IS STUBBY PHILLIPS, I HAVEN’T SEEN HIM, WHO IS HE, DOES HE WORK HERE?” 😮😂😢
"Don't cheap out on the parts it's not worth the labor" Yep, put a "good" alternator in my 9-5 only to do the same job 1 year later with the "better"(Bosch). This involves 2 jacks, one for the body, one for the engine.
Missed you, but i can see how you've been buisy, seems like the more emissions garbage covering the engine bay like octopus tentacles, hiding common failure parts that usually require maintenance, like the thermostat, belts, alternator, starter, and the many plastic components that become brittle and break due to the heat produced by the engine and exhaust, less people want to work on the stuff, which kinda gives a good shop like yours a llot more work. G-d bless y'all, looking forward to more video's.
I have an issue with my 2009 3.6 l Audi Q7 as the mechanic replace the head gasket as it was leaking and now I have a ssssss noise on back of the engine also doesn’t run as fast, hard brake’s and low mpg. Need to find a good mechanic in central Florida.
Jonny never swears🤷♂️
Was that a little belt squeak towards the end?
Good to see you back! Sadly cars and engines are designed to cause the planet issues and money, that thermostat is where it is on purpose, why would they want repairs to be easy and cheap for everyone. When you find out who really owns all the major car companies, global media, big pharma companies, food companies etc etc, you then know why. Anyway, look forward to the next episode. Laters
Had this exact same conversation with my bil last evening. Sad reality man.
Did mine 2 years ago and it was a pain, but better than paying the dealer $2,300. I just got doing the louver motor last month.
$2300 is absolute madness
@@philb707 So is losing a t-stat in a 6 year old car.
With every video, you remind me of why I can’t afford any German car, though I’ve dreamed of owning a Porsche sports car.
Classic Porsche - let's do easy stuff complicated as hell.
“Something you can do at home.” Bwahaha! 😂😂😂
Watched this video maybe 50 times. Can confirm that I was able to do this job in my parking spot at home. Took me about 7 days due to lack of tools. I would recommend getting the Porsche O-Ring Lube because the silicone did not work for me and the o-ring lube just popped right in. Thank you!
Enjoy your video, hopefully you are doing well.
I want to know what is up with the Laguna Seca BMW in the background.
Wow...and I thought the thermostat on my 550i was a pain! 😯
So if you are replacing the belt you need to get to all that as well ? Wow
I appreciate the idea of not cheaping out on parts, especially on a car like this. So I take it then that Zerex coolant is just as good as the OEM stuff or other German manufacturers like Liquimoly and the like?
4:04 zen time
What a legend
That's a cool flashlight...anyone know the name or link?