CAR NINJA! My most HATED BMW 

It's always nice to see a talented person not yelling at the camera.

Honest mechanics are true unsung heroes of society. Having witnessed a mother who had to raise 5 children on her own time and time again get taken advantage of by franchise repair shops and other cowardly crooks, when I see an honest mechanic my heart is warned greatly with appreciation and a tip of the cap.

A good indicator of a well run shop is how clean and orderly it is. If Johnny's shop looked any cleaner you'd have to wear a tuxedo to get in the door.

The videography of this channel is just first class. The calmness, the click of a torque wrench, the background noise, humming engine in background…. The pan of the camera, the cut away short discussion of what’s going on…. It’s masterful and a full 180 of obnoxious cable tv car shows. I don’t even like BMWs.

8:42 That's an excellent example of being a good boss; the employee will now be happy and inspired.

I love watching Hoovie, Doug DeMuro, and the Car Wizard but your videos are in a whole other league. Wow! I look forward to seeing more!

Funny story I thought of when he was talking about Autolite plugs: after a year or 2 of working on 90% German cars I did an ignition job on a Ford 4.2 Vulcan V6 and it ran like crap - because I had put Bosch plugs in it. Switched to some big copper electrodes (Motorcraft or Autolite, don't exactly recall but they're basically the same) and it ran great. Moral of the story is there is no single "best" spark plug; it's all about cylinder head/combustion chamber design and what a particular engine wants.

I really like this channel-smart techs, interesting rides, no canned music.

This channel is under rated. I wish BMW would make even just one simple car. Absolute minimal gadgets. Just one model just focused on their own standards of driving over everything. With a simple engine. I think for enthusiasts it would sell. Sure some like the gadgets but some of us miss the older models. Theres room for at least one simple BMW in their range. Heres hoping one day.

Great video. It’s fascinating watching knowledgeable people do their stuff.

So calm even when he s angry. Respect to the Ninja. Each move he make is just right not too much and not too short.

I’m sure the bean counters who pushed bmw into this direction of disposable cars didn’t get fired; more like lauded as geniuses…

Cool to see Johnny smiling and happy after each repair. He definitely takes alot of pride with his work 😎

You know a car is bad when the Car Ninja or Car Wizard hates it.

The German automotive engineers credo "WHY MAKE IT SIMPLE WHEN WE CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT"!

The look on on your face when you fired up the Mini is priceless Ninja 💪💪

Thank you for your videos. I spent years diagnosing, fixing cars, and cussing engineers as I beat up, and contorted my body to fix things knowing what I was looking at was designed poorly, and to fail. I finally did a deep dive into the why of everything costing more, being made with planned obsolescence, and being a nightmare to work on. Truth is the manufacturers investors, attorneys, and accountants have meetings that determine what is best for attaining acceptable profit margins. They have formulas to calculate when things will fail, how much it needs to cost to repair or replace for a predetermined acceptable profit margin for their investors. Then the engineers are told what to design based on the outcomes of the meetings between the accountants, and attorneys using their formulas, and calculations. The days of engineering, and manufacturing something with pride, and dignity to be the best it can in America be are sadly gone. The days of prioritizing planned obsolescence, and maximizing profits are unfortunately here. Greed in people is the problem. Hopefully we can somehow get back to everyone prioritizing pride, dignity, and quality manufacturing. As long as Government Reprrsentatives bail out wasteful, corrupt, self serving people running companies into the ground that are too big to fail as what happened with Government Motors (GM) it is not likely to change. To a return to values, and principles in America. What made America great. Virtuous people that refused to succumb to greed. Integrity, Dignity, Community. Cheers🤳 I sincerely apologize to all the engineers for all my cussing, and for the fact that you are not free to best engineer something to be the best it can be because if you did companies would go broke that sold things that actually lasted. That has to be overwhelmingly irritating, and frustrating.

I own a small one man shop in Midtown Atlanta GA area And it’s my number one complaint from people. No one is certified and no one is honest and no one even tries to be honest. I became a millionaire within two years just for being an honest BMW and Maserati tech. Johnny reminds me so much of myself.

We need more mechanics like Johnny. He knows his stuff.

This guy reminds me of my MB specialist,even when everything is going to rat shit he stays focused and continues to follow the path that works ,never fails…👍

Lawnmower spark plugs! I had to laugh. Friends who had these cars on lease were so happy when their leases ended.

First time here....Love how proud Jonny is working on cars. Its rare to find mechanics that actually care as much as this man.

"Why would you do this? This is a disgrace." My sentiments exactly on the whole E65/E66 design.

I was expecting the Alpina. 539 Restorations is having a hell of a time.

Good honest mechanics , very knowledgeable , good to see Jonny getting in front of the camera and looking relaxed keep up the great videos

Amazing to watch Johny work! He obviously knows absolutely everything about these cars! Wish I could bring my BMW to him!

Thank you for NOT cheesing with fake dramatic moments.

Jonny is brilliant, and Honest!

I worked at a BMW dealership back when the 2002 745i was introduced. It was a smaller dealership and BMW ended up buying back 12 of our 2002's because we couldn't fix them and the BMW reps couldn't fix them. We had a few customers that were on their third 745i buy back. One car would take all night to reprogram so the software updates were super slow. Years down the road we use to say the 2002's and 2003's were pretty safe to buy because they had been in the shop so many times that they were pretty sorted out. Still i think they're a better looking model than the current ugly cars. The Bangle butt aged well.

I wish there was a garage like this in derby. Very clean 👍🏾👏🏾

Hoovies Garage + Car Wizard + Car Ninja = TOP BLOKES

When you own a BMW with the N62 engine, just have the shop to drop the entire engine out and replace all of the gaskets. If not, as sson as you leave for one oil leak you will be right back to have another one fixed.

Great Videos from a very well organized shop, showing a great mechanic and his motivated team. I really love this content! A German car enthusiast...

Jonny always looks happy ...even when he's mad. These cars are space ships. Super advanced technology and jonny can rip them apart fast and put them back together fixed...FASCINATING TO WATCH.

The smile of happiness when johnny fired up the cooper was priceless Even tho he looked over to the guys for a approval thumbs up but got nothing from them. Good job Johnny!

Love the videos and thank you, car ninjas and shop, for allowing us to see their skills! I love seeing how a scanner is not the end all be all. Many times you’ll get a generic code and you gotta use your noggin and experience to figure out what is going on! Unfortunately, many shops don’t have that skill and will just throw new parts at a problem...

You're such an awesome me and person. A man of truth, honestly and integrity. Thanks for always reminding me to be a good person.

I see people mentioning seat covers. I'm not sure about high end dealerships like porsche, bmw, and merecedes, but I think it is very rare for shops to use seat covers here in the US. Not fair to knock him for that when no one here does it.

Excellent video. But, I am so pleased to see how Ben is doing in his first year with you guys. You guys are doing it right. I like. Kind regards, South Africa.

Great channel, no unnecessary music or transitions just pure work, remind me a lot of m359 restorations another great channel.

Seeing Mr. Car Ninja working brings genuine quality to youtube. He presents honesty, and craftmanship, and skill all in one.

Superb video, great to see the dedication to fixing problems not just throwing parts at the situation.

Love watching a master at work!

Seeing someone who knows what hes doing is a pleasure. Almost makes me want to own a BMW. Almost.

Nice video, Car Ninja & crew! Amazing to have thousands of views and not a single dislike! This may even be the first time I've seen that (hope I didn't just jinx it). I've never been into BMWs but I always liked the older 745s. I remember a late 90's model that came strolling past me on I-95 south of Jacksonville, back around 2010. Gorgeous car, black, elegant, subtle muscle. Not ostentatious, just an immaculate ride you look at and go "oh yeah, that's a nice car." Almost made me want to give up my Subaru Outback and get one. Almost. I paced it into Daytona doing 90 mph, just quietly purring on down the road.

Your are a amazing mechanic! I have improved over time with a lot of mistakes, It is extremely gratifying to fix older vehicles, keeping them on the road.

*I love watching car repair videos. I should have listened to my Dad in the late 90s and taken his advice and help to be an auto mechanic. I love fixing things and troubleshooting...I fixed computers for like 15+ years and know I would have loved auto repair. Oh well, I'm an old man now and manager an insurance office. YEEPEE!*

I always hear people confuse the relationship between engineers and designers. Designers come up with a design, while the engineer does the math to make it work. The designer said something like, "Could we make this work so we can lower the profile this much so we can have longer control arms/lower hood/ longer passenger compartment/whatever?" The engineer rolled his/her eyes and said, "Yeah, we could make it work that way... but... heat, working life, maintenance..." Marketing and administrative knows the data that the average ownership on a BMW is three years, so they said, "Great! Let's go with it!"

Absolutely GREAT JOB, Johnny!!!

Glad you showed up in my feed Car Ninja. Enjoy your work.

Car Ninja: The only decent man whom profits from the poor decisions of others.😇

Great content! Most professional shop I’ve ever seen!

It’s so so crazy I just did the water pipes and hoses under the intake manifold for a customer at the dealership I work at on a 2002 745Li, had 146,000 miles, junk cars

Here from Hoovie! Stayed for being a BMW Nerd and lover! Keep up the awesome work and content! One love! ✌

Ninja is a true great mechanic who also happens to have a RU-vid channel!!

Well done Jonny and team ! Great job fellas !

You must DREAD seeing someone coming in with their "bargain" early 2000's German car they got for a few grand and you have to be the one to break the news what repairs/parts will cost, I would love to own a late model BMW/Porsche but when I shopped I would go around to the repair/shop portion of the dealer and ask what an oil change, tune up would cost and quickly learned what I could afford to buy I couldn't afford to own. On my 6th Vette after a number of JDM products. Thanks for showing me how right I was by your thorough and entertaining videos. Very classy sir.....

I can't laugh hard enough at the roof basket on a mini street car oh I'm sure, that car goes on so many overlanding journeys, you couldn't even joke about the necessity for extra storage space. 🙄

Another brilliant video, thanks Johnny and crew :)

Wow, another real nice video. You guys are getting more and more professional at making films. At least two thumbs up for this one. Keep that up.😃👍

Wish I could take my M2 to you for service. Love your attention to detail and skill.

Excellent work, thanks

i feel like my dad must have gotten literally the only one built well, a 2005 745li put 314,000 miles on it with zero issues, except trans started slipping so he finally traded it in lol

You weren't showing the cars running after you fixed them. It's a small change but makes the videos much more satisfying to watch

Its always a good feeling when a plan works out. Great job

Fun video's....Thanks Jonny & guy's.....!

Do all videos like this, no music, steady shots. Very relaxing

I wish I could bring my 04 645Ci to you Ninja!! You guys do such great work!!

Worked on many an N62 here in the UK and I can completely attest too what your saying, known for their many oil leaks, the time needed to do the seals on that alternator bracket, PCV valves perishing and most bmw petrol engines don't like Aftermarket spark plugs, also seen plenty of poorly fitted valve cover gaskets leading to misfire issues when warm, the best one is when I find people have got the vanos solenoid connectors the wrong way. Great video though, no dramatised segments, just straight up talk, reminds me of myself a little lol

Nice chap. He deserves to do well. Good luck to him from Thailand.

great job, did a few BMW valve stem seals without removing the head.. Took me 3 weeks %^^%$^%$

Outstanding work, God bless.

I love guys like car ninja and car wizard. Seeing honest mechanics restores my faith in the business

Proud owner of a 2012 BMW 750Li and absolutely love it, they are high maintenance cars but drive like no other, if you do all the work on them yourself like I do then it’s worth it for sure

A happy chappy at work, honesty is the best policy, great video again.

Hall Effect sensors detects ferris metal. It actually has a small magnet in it. The sensor measures the change in magnetic field. The tone ring in the wheel sensor is just a toothed metal ring.

Definitely look forward to the videos, need to get a series going with maybe a personal build or something.

I know it’s ninjas most hated but I daily a sorted 2002 745 Li and it has only served me wonderfully for the few years I’ve had it and still rips a lot of things out there 80-120 and beyond while feeling very solid. It’s a luxury executive land yacht with legroom for giants and modern drivers comfort and handling + a 500 mile tank range but dated interior and not the most practical for everyone everywhere. It is an impressive overall package but you gotta pay attention and money to keep it nice.

Great content. Love the format. Keep it up.

It's a good thing I didn't know you back when I had my 2002 745li. I abandoned the car when a $1500 coolant pipe broke. I had already poured too much money in to that thing to make it worth fixing again. LOL

The engineer of the car was a fan of repair shops and wanted to help them make money. Unlike the Lexus engineer

Wow….great channel….look forward to more..,!

The Car Ninja has the calmness at work of a brain surgeon, which makes him credible and trustworthy as a mechanic and contrasts with the nervous energy of a Hoovie. I like the laid-back vibe of this video and will subscribe.

Great work ❤️

Sucb a different, happier work environment than the "wizard." The owner's vibe sets the tone.

Hoovie be paying his bills AND advertising shops. What a man.

Thanks for all your content. I just got a 2E4F fault code from my 2008 n54 335i sedan. Would you recommend going right to swapping the thermostat or should I start with something else like a sensor? Thanks!

Hey Jonny , when you mentioned Lawnmower Sparkplugs , a friend of mine had a Landscaping business , and at the time it wasn't doing too well , so he put Lawnmower Engine Oil in his Ford Van ...........and yes the Engine siezed up ! 🤣

Thank you for posting this helpful video

Amazing channel, keep up the good work guys!

I think the M54 Inline-Six is one of the most durable engines that BMW made. I have it in my 05 E46 330i and never an issue besides the usual hoses for coolant and power steering. The disa went once and a valve cover gasket. Good silky smooth engine. 👌

Respekte je njesh pz. Nje nga mekaniket me te mire shqiptar qe kam pare ndonjeher

Did he say “lawnmower plugs”. 😂 Great video as usual. Great job showing the shop Mike👍. Guys like me enjoy this content.

First time seeing your channel. Congrats! Hope it goes well. It's interesting to compare engineering amongst various German manufacturers. On a personal note, as a 207 owner, I'm more interested in MB issues/fixes. That's just me. Enjoy all the work you do.

Thanks for the video!

The PCB valve get that expensive in Germany, too. Bad thing is that there is no good aftermarket part available. Sometimes you will find Bosch, which is the same as factory. But they are hardly to find here in good old Germany

One of my favorite cars. Does require occasional love (in every sense of the word ; ) but I have owned a super reliable one before, and still own one now.

Clean shop and happy employees. 👍 the best part.. doesn't talk in 3rd person about himself

Like the part about "lawn mower " spark plugs. Good to know...thanks

Awesome video. I am wondering what the gti was in the shop for?