2 Things That Damage Your Car This Fall Season and How To Fix Them!

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A Professional Car Mechanic shares 2 things that damage your car particularly in the fall season and how in less than 10 minutes and $10 fix them and not have to worry!
In this video I'll share with you the no.1 cause of flood damaged cars that I see through my career as a professional car mechanic currently working at a Toyota Dealership.
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The fall season can be a beautiful visual season in the year. Or it could mean lots of raking and fall clean up if you have many trees and you do your own lawn work. However leaves actually cause so much damage to cars that most people under estimate.
Not the obvious cosmetic damages from tree sap and collected leaves on car paint. But blocking the sun roof drain and the indirect route to clogging your HVAC drain.
I have repaired countless flooded cars at work and an overwhelming majority are either caused by a blocked sun roof drain or a blocked HVAC drain caused by debris from leaves. Please perform these very simple clean ups routinely to avoid any issues down the road especially if you park your car outside during the fall season.
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Why does sunroof drains need service?
5:28 Sunroof drain cleaning
10:56 Cowl Cleaning What, Why and How?

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@joesteele3159 2 года назад

I've never liked glass on top of a vehicle. Just something extra that can break and cause problems.

@alexa500 Месяц назад

This is the most underrated car advice I have EVER heard. Thanks care care nut!

@kimdavis5631 2 года назад

"It's the little things that make the big difference." This is a valuable gem brother. So true not only for car owners, but also in business and family relationships.

@robertcwalkeriii6267 Год назад

Great Advice, THANKS !

@wendwllhickey6426 6 месяцев назад

Use a shop vac and suck them out is a good way

@boatman222345 2 года назад

Good video! The secret to getting many years of service from your car is to realize that the definition of "maintenance" is to understand that it means preventing problems from occurring not waiting until something breaks and then replacing it!

@mr.nonamanadus4463 2 года назад

My brother used to work at a sawmill, he ended up pulling the dash on his F150 because the vents were packed with sawdust and I mean packed. The truck did have a nice pine smell to it.

@jd2plus2 2 года назад

Who knew a top notch educator/ mechanic could get so simple and inform me of a important non technical problem that I had no idea of , after researching info constantly on my Lexus . Yes , the day before freezing I went out ( in a drizzle) opened the sunroof and of course found some small leaves in the channel . No idea! Happily I poured water down both front drains and saw it running out the bottom . Thanks so much . Same for under the hood , which I vacuumed. I try to cover with the outdoor vehicle from the leaves but still didn’t realize your surprising info . Guess my $$$ costly weather tech custom cover is worth it after all . Which I’ll never be too lazy again to use . Very generous of you , these videos

@Miop-je5of 2 года назад

Stopped the video. Ran to the garage. Vacuumed all the leaves out of my cowls. Very satisfying. Thankyou.

@ujwilliams3069 2 года назад

Thank you for ALL your videos! You mentioned “cleaning “ the engine. Could you do a video on how to correctly, without damage, clean/wash the Toyota engines?

@steveboehlke1042 2 года назад

Fantastic video AMD. Never seen someone care so much about getting their knowledge out to the people. Thinking maybe a future video could be a tutorial of changing the cabin filter on various models.......so we don't mess up and dump debris into our blower motor

@anthonyhall9091 2 года назад

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!

@gregc6661 2 года назад

Another very helpful video! I love how you’re always trying to save your customers money by giving them the best advice you have.

@marcellus6959 Год назад

Great advice. This is something that is never discussed but is a real potential problem. Keep the well informed videos coming! Your channel continues to amaze

@KayBertoss 2 года назад

Great video and great advise AMD. Preventive maintenance is gold.

@moloono1 2 года назад

I’m so grateful for another one of your videos, AMD. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

@MPGunther1 2 года назад

Great info, something I've never thought about especially the leaves in the cowl

@donschlichting8744 2 года назад

Thanks for the great Tips! I know many cars who have had those drains get clogged and flooded, so knowing where and how to clean them just saved me that very problem. Especially since this is my first vehicle with a sunroof.

@bwest-yq3uc 2 года назад

He is SO Right. Always learning things from this channel. One of the BEST on RU-vid/

@jt2quick 2 года назад

AMD...Glad I watched it. Learned some more good tips, especially the cowl part and how stuff could end up on top of the cabin filter. Thanks for sharing. Keep sharing these informative videos and Keep up the Fire! Take care and Stay Safe. JT

@pointbreak8293 2 года назад

Awesome tutorial and advice as always AMD.. you’re the man sir… thanks for your service and what you do for us…👍👍👍

@TylerDavisGTD 2 года назад

Thank you! Very timely. I needed this tutorial.

@moeedahmedbaig3605 2 года назад

Excellent video on an important topic. Keep up the good work 👍

@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8 2 года назад

I'm glad you made this video.Lots of people just don't think. Well done. Cheers from Australia.

@frankbiz 2 года назад

Great advice, very valuable information. Thank you very much! 👍🏻

@crystal79jones 2 года назад

Love this video. I am all about preventative maintenance. My vehicle is new and always in the garage, but I am still going to check my sun roof.

@jabao9492 2 года назад

that's why I'm saying: you are the BEST TEACHER about TOYOTA, thank u.

@charlesmike7200 2 года назад

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@kimdavis5631 2 года назад

Dr. AMD is the Professor of Toyota!

@user-wq5ws1qs7x 2 года назад

Scotty Kilmer is not happy with that statement.

@kimdavis5631 2 года назад

@@user-wq5ws1qs7xFor the record - Scotty is the best teacher of 94 Celica and his wife's Lexus. It starts right up, runs like a top, shifts like a dream and stops on a dime. The miles just stay the same somehow 😂.

@user-wq5ws1qs7x 2 года назад

@@kimdavis5631 😂

@barrydraper Месяц назад

This video offers a ton of priceless information. Thank you Car Care Nut... 👍

@jakeg2307 2 года назад

Thank you for the video! I do this annually (cowl when needed) simple maintenance adds life and miles!

@myhobbyguitar4117 2 года назад

Thank you for the great maintenance tips... take care...

@thomassemich4627 Год назад

Thank you, you are the best! Thank you for sharing what you see in your every day life working on cars!

@armandoramos1949 2 года назад

Thanks for another useful tips. I make sure I clean the cowl area everytime I wash my car, in my case every weekend. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day.

@theluckystrike6371 2 года назад

Just catching up thanks for the great advice, seems like a good time for a short one on rust proofing tips!!!! 🙂 👍🏻👍🏻

@p6102zrfxe 2 года назад

Really informative video. Thank you AMD!

@AlexBAlixir98 2 года назад

Ahmed. You are amazing. You gave us very simple but important maintenance tips. I do keep the leaves off the cowl. But I never realized the reasons (beyond aesthetics) why it should be done. But will no longer use my hands to get the leaves out. Its a good job for my shop vac. Thanks again my friend.

@61espo 2 года назад

Excellent info! Thanks again AMD!

@Jeo-What 2 года назад

Thank you again for these great tips. Very helpful.

@Glenn_123 2 года назад

Awesome video as always! Great job!

@billiebobbienorton2556 7 месяцев назад

Scotty says "a stitch in time saves nine".

@wimschoenmakers5463 2 года назад

Yep, it happend to me 30 years back with a Ford. Starting the cars ventilator after some sever rain showers was like turning a washing machine on and water came thru the vent box under the dashboard into my car. Both drain pipes running to the wheels where blocked by leafs. The dealership did blow these drains open with compressed air, and the car was peeing over the shop floor for ten minutes. Learned a expensiv lesson that day! Thanks for the video.

@coloradoboo1071 2 года назад

Thanks!! We have a huge maple tree that drops leaves everywhere in the fall so I will check/clean/vacuum our vehicles. I have a Traeger smoker that needs vacuuming so have a small wet vac in the garage.

@JoseMartinez-lf5fg 2 года назад

Hi, another benefit on removing the leaves is that they tend to migrate right behind the quarter panel moisture and metal don’t mix.

@maxnuccio2440 3 месяца назад

This is great! Thank you AMD and team. It took me a little while to find the video on your channel because the title didn’t say moon or sun roof, but I knew you had one because I saw the sunroof cleaning tool in your amazon affiliate account! Ordering one today!

@Dan-mw4ue 5 месяцев назад

THAT IS what’s making the blower motor noise! Thank you soooo much! God Bless!

@TaterandtheTot 6 месяцев назад

I realize these are older videos but I have recently acquired an 09 RX 350 and I plan on making it last me at least 5 or more years so I am so happy to find professional mechanic knowledge on maintenance and prevention for us real world DIYers ... Great tips and I will use your links so you get some benefit as well. Be Blessed.

@wordsofhis1799 2 года назад

Love it! Gonna check and clean my RAV4 tomorrow!

@jasonp167 2 года назад

This is a great video and information. Although I have a Honda Accord, this is very helpful for me.

@user-pn1nc9wr3y 10 месяцев назад

6:00 in I like how he used the reflection on the paint while filming.

@dannyspitzer1267 7 месяцев назад

Me too

@rodneybooth4069 2 года назад

One of my problems was pine needles. I had both pines removed after a storm and I'm so glad I did. My filters were clogged and the cowl and behind the door hinges was full of needles.

@saabreplay7553 2 года назад

Excellent work. I appreciate your wonderful videos. And this is one reason I never buy cars with sunroofs. As a mechanic for 33 years I hate sunroofs

@HBFREEWORLD 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic! Thank you for this informative vlog.

@KenBoose-bq3bl Месяц назад

Great info for use on my 2018 Prius sunroof, thanks for a great tip, priceless!!!

@lamoe11 2 года назад

Great info!

@VincentScales 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing! When I go to the car wash I use their vacuum on my Camry to get the leaves out before I go through the car wash. Because trying to vacuum wet leaves is harder! My niece has a 2013 Kia Sportage with sunroof and I may tell her about clean out the drains on her Kia!

@jims2507 2 года назад

I had a used Toyota van with a sunroof that flooded. It had an air deflector, I thought the problem was water leaking between the metal holding up the air deflector and the rubber gasket, but I now understand (thanks to this video!) that the drains were plugged! I removed the air deflector, and caulked the sunroof. I removed all the seats, the carpet, threw out the padding under the carpet, bought new padding (which wasn't as good as the OEM padding), ran a carpet cleaner on the carpet, and reassembled. It was a pain, but the car is still running 10 or 15 years later!

@tomissa9603 2 года назад

Truly you are a great gift for us. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience to bring some simple common sense maintenance to our attention God bless you.

@marciamadeira846 2 года назад

thanks for your helpful video. I always removed leaves from the front of the hood and now I know why and can vacuum it out regularly. I am also parking farther away from the pine tree which is shedding the tiny needles, which can get into the air intake. This will make a big difference for my 2020 Prius Prime XLE!

@caddieman4ever 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Sir for the info and tips.

@brucekrolikowski2882 2 года назад

Thanks AMD, very helpful 🤓

@dimsoneill Месяц назад

Great video again. Gee I learn a lot from this channel.

@Packerfan-qc6cs 2 года назад

Excellent video! Thank you.

@MrMikey1273 2 года назад

The sunroof was a problem for many years with my old Jeep Liberty. The drains were exactly the same as you said. The front right one was the most trouble. I had to have the drain hose replaced once. The cause was there was a walnut tree near my driveway. Once the tree had to be removed the problem stopped. Of course now my Tacoma does not have a hole in the roof.

@gihadsweidy3067 2 года назад

Thank you so much for the advices about the leafs cologging the Cowls. I'm an avid follower of your chanal. I own two Toyota cars both of them are 2019 models (Camry is mine and RAV4 is my wife's). I follow your recommendations on how to maintain Toyota cars. It's very good and useful ones. I appreciate the time you give to make life as good as you always say. thank you very much.

@MrStR1K3Rify 2 года назад

Thank you for very useful advice. Please make video about how to clean engine bay. Specially cleaning hybrid car engine bay.

@FreedomLover170 2 года назад

Love this channel learn something new with every video thanks Amd….

@naveenthemachine 2 года назад

Do a video on this but for panoramic sunroofs. Since my Camry has one a video on how to keep the pano roof working for a long time without issues would be really useful. I don’t want to spend a penny fixing it if it breaks so I want to meticulously maintain it as much as possible

@ozarkliving7263 2 года назад

Great video! Thank u so much

@mallrat1960 2 года назад

Very good tip on the shop vac for leafs in cowl. Park under a red oak ....yep got leafs. Thanks Again.

@dillonscott227 2 года назад

This is such an eye opener and I appreciate knowing about it. It makes me wonder though why I never had problems with water or leaves collecting on the cowl or sunroof in my old Subarus or Saabs. I noticed immediately when I got the Toyota there are constantly thick collections of dirt and leaves in the cowl (especially on the sides where water is supposed to drain) and around the trunk. To me it seems like a design flaw. I wonder if Saabs and Subarus are sealed better? Anyway thanks for warning us and teaching us how (and why) to take care of it.

@christopherm7702 2 года назад

AMD thanks so much for these tips. By the way I had no clue as to cleaning the sunroof. I have cleaned off many customers' cars by picking all of the leaves off by hand and have never thought about causing problems down the road. However, where I live its not just leaves that are a problem but Pine needles. They get stuck in all the small holes and its impossible and not really cost effective to get all of them out, but I know they have less of a chance of making it to the A/C box.

@stevenlefebvre2991 2 года назад

Thank you I learned something new again today.

@RobertSmith-di5ll 2 года назад

really useful advice - thanks

@jamesollick4413 10 месяцев назад

Glad you mentioned that the panoramic sunroof does not have this issue. Just one more thing I do not need to worry about on my 2020 RX450h. Thank you! I just need to keep an eye on AC drain clogging. Even though I park in my attached garage, I do have spiders in there.

@andydufresne8034 2 года назад

Adding this to my pre-purchase inspection list.

@hillbillysportsman5818 2 года назад

Another excellent video!

@john300k 2 года назад

Another great video, thank you!

@balyash 2 года назад

Thanks again. Great tips!

@gct1913 2 года назад

Thank you. I know a lot about cars and never knew this.

@elpapuchon1000 Год назад

Thanks for your advice.

@Maxfli82 2 года назад

Thank you. This is why I subscribe to this channel, for repair videos like this that other sites don’t mention. Made especially for Car Care nuts like you said. One question, if you do the water drain test and water is draining OK from your sunroof, do you still need to do the cleaning procedure?

@TheCarCareNut 2 года назад

Hi! If water is draining fast and well. You don’t need the cleaning.

@Daniel-it1dp 7 месяцев назад

Good call on the vacuum for the leaves! 🍂

@zjd5352 7 месяцев назад

Not sure how I missed these video, thank you sir

@rwyoung1116 2 года назад

Amd, thanks so much for this video! I know now why I had so many issues with my non-Toyota vehicle with water getting into the passenger floor because of improper cleaning of the cowling. I am going be purchasing a battery powered vacuum very soon. I do not want to make the same mistake with our 2021 Toyota Sienna.

@denzilmathew6043 2 года назад

Thanks for the video and excellent information... I will remember this as my car is parked under a tree.. and I use a brush to clean it under the bonnet and trunk area with a brush.. .. With love from India

@njjeff201 2 года назад

Usually it’s road dirt that clogs A/C drains… but in my day there were no cabin filters. Don’t forget to remove wet leaves sitting on your paint. Acids will leave marks in your paint

@riceburner4747 2 года назад

Yes!!! Good call on leaves on paint!! 👍

@njjeff201 2 года назад

@@riceburner4747 Thank you

@valdius85 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for explaining that. I actually did not wanted a sun roof on purpose because of water issues.

@davidbonner7691 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I have a 2017 Rav4 and I checked the sunroof drain. One was clogged! I purchased a ultra cheap tool from TEMU ($2), 3 minutes to clear. Poured 3 cups of water in and drained in 30 seconds. Great! I am going to vacuum my cowling now. Thank you, Thank you!

@icost4671 2 года назад

2:55 You got a nice hacienda there, nice size yard... I can see where you can plug in a couple EVS no problem. Very good , EXCELLENT 👌

@scottkailey1 7 месяцев назад

Such great advice!!

@erickisel8668 2 года назад

Great video!

@mikegabler5183 2 года назад

didn't know they had rear drains too! When I sold used cars I used to love when customers would ask me "does the moonroof leak?" The precious look on their face when I said "yes, they all leak" followed by "they are designed to leak"

@chuckymurlo5654 2 года назад

I'm a car care nut or so I thought..nobody ever mentioned this stuff before or I've missed it all these years. I'm running to my cars now!!

@stacydornan9765 2 года назад

Great vid thanks dude

@micheljauvin3536 2 года назад

excellent advised

@Trd2020 4 месяца назад

Great video

@colt2206 7 месяцев назад

Yeah I am OCD with my new cars. I keep under the hood spotless also. I never let any leaves accumulate under the hood and change cabin air filter frequently. Thanks for the vacuuming tip. That makes sense to me.

@colt2206 7 месяцев назад

Can’t wait to use this new shop vac anyway. It’s 6.5 hp and a beast. Should suck any dust out of there too. Thanks for the tip

@TheCardiomedic 7 месяцев назад

Great video, wish I had known this information years ago.

@XX-gp4yk 2 года назад

Thanks Ahmed

@jotu173 2 года назад

ANOTHER TOTALLY AWESOME video from AMD! Most other car care type RU-vidrs are "pretenders" and you are the "REAL DEAL"... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EXCELLENT VIDS.!!! I wish Scotty Kilmer would ask you for video content mentoring, and also learn from your ACTUALLY HELPFUL video titles! I think that you and Chris Fix might be brothers (as far as video quality is concerned)! :-) I had a 97 camry years ago that was plagued with the sunroof drain issue and also eventually developed the AC drain issue (moldy smell). The service dept. I used NEVER told me the 2 were related and ONLY after cleaning the drains numerous times AND AC once, did they ask me if I was parking under trees (with little leaves & buds, etc). Then, they told me to use compressed air (I did not)! To bad RU-vid didn't even exist then. Oh well! Your the best & thanks again! One quick unrelated question, do you know if the 2008 2GR FE engine in an Avalon is Direct injection engine or not? Again, thanks!!!

@TheCarCareNut 2 года назад

Hi! The engine in your avalon is not direct injected it’s port injection only