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

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?

[@alexa500]

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

[@kimdavis5631]

"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]

Great Advice, THANKS !

[@wendwllhickey6426]

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

[@joesteele3159]

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

[@boatman222345]

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]

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.

[@billiebobbienorton2556]

Scotty says "a stitch in time saves nine".

[@jd2plus2]

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

[@issuma8223]

My girlfriend is very lazy. Every fall she gets covered in leaves for a month or more. I tried removing the leaves with a leaf blower, but it blew debris inside her shirt and made her squint fiercely. But the shop vac method is great. And the bonus is that ever since I started vacuuming her she smells a whole lot better.

[@user-pn1nc9wr3y]

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

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Me too

[@mikegabler5183]

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"

[@ujwilliams3069]

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]

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

[@gregc6661]

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

[@Miop-je5of]

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

[@tomlong6501]

I’ve had two floods because of roof drains, both after torrential rains. Both vehicles were mostly parked outside. Mazda MX-5, a convertible has drains just behind each door. My early 2000s model had removable filters but the drains could still clog. Used a trombone cleaner at each oil change and never had the problem again. Also had a flood with a VW Jetta. Fall is bad but I think spring with pollen and all the other tree debris is actually worse. Dealers and owner’s manuals should highlight this maintenance requirement.

[@jabao9492]

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

[@charlesmike7200]

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[@kimdavis5631]

Dr. AMD is the Professor of Toyota!

[@user-wq5ws1qs7x]

Scotty Kilmer is not happy with that statement.

[@kimdavis5631]

@@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]

@@kimdavis5631 😂

[@jims2507]

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!

[@anthonyhall9091]

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

[@TylerDavisGTD]

Thank you! Very timely. I needed this tutorial.

[@pointbreak8293]

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

[@p6102zrfxe]

Really informative video. Thank you AMD!

[@moeedahmedbaig3605]

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

[@myhobbyguitar4117]

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

[@frankbiz]

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

[@moloono1]

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

[@njjeff201]

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]

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

[@njjeff201]

@@riceburner4747 Thank you

[@thomassemich4627]

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

[@naveenthemachine]

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

[@wordsofhis1799]

Love it! Gonna check and clean my RAV4 tomorrow!

[@KayBertoss]

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

[@JoseMartinez-lf5fg]

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

[@61espo]

Excellent info! Thanks again AMD!

[@Jeo-What]

Thank you again for these great tips. Very helpful.

[@jt2quick]

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

[@marcellus6959]

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

[@MPGunther1]

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

[@gct1913]

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

[@theluckystrike6371]

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

[@andydufresne8034]

Adding this to my pre-purchase inspection list.

[@stevenlefebvre2991]

Thank you I learned something new again today.

[@Glenn_123]

Awesome video as always! Great job!

[@lamoe11]

Great info!

[@bwest-yq3uc]

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

[@donschlichting8744]

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.

[@brucekrolikowski2882]

Thanks AMD, very helpful 🤓

[@mrvang8077]

I never like having a moonroof on my car. Hence why I stay away from cars with moonroof. It's just another added maintenance. If poorly maintenance, it can lead to malfunction, and now you have to deal with using the manual override tool, which is just a hassle. I park my cars outside, so I just cover it up with a car cover every time I park.

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

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

[@tomissa9603]

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.

[@coloradoboo1071]

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.

[@caddieman4ever]

Thank you Sir for the info and tips.

[@crystal79jones]

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.

[@jasonp167]

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

[@KenBoose-bq3bl]

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

[@armandoramos1949]

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.

[@HBFREEWORLD]

Fantastic! Thank you for this informative vlog.

[@Packerfan-qc6cs]

Excellent video! Thank you.

[@jakeg2307]

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

[@barrydraper]

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

[@XX-gp4yk]

Thanks Ahmed

[@denzilmathew6043]

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

[@micheljauvin3536]

excellent advised

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

really useful advice - thanks

[@AlexBAlixir98]

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.

[@ozarkliving7263]

Great video! Thank u so much

[@elpapuchon1000]

Thanks for your advice.

[@john300k]

Another great video, thank you!

[@balyash]

Thanks again. Great tips!

[@IDWJIMADE]

Thank you so so much for these tips. Why? Because I have just discovered why I hear funny noise when I activate my AC blower. Weither is lenient today I got to do that cleaning and quite my AC blower. Gracias muchas Senior 🏋️‍♂️💪🏋️‍♂️💪😎❤️

[@Dan-mw4ue]

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

[@brewerfam5223]

Thank you for info!

[@marciamadeira846]

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!

[@MrStR1K3Rify]

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

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

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.

[@valdius85]

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

[@rodneybooth4069]

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.

[@michaelleipski9030]

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

[@OnGuard3S]

I'm glad I saw this. I had no idea.

[@colt2206]

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

[@FreedomLover170]

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

[@gihadsweidy3067]

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.

[@zjd5352]

Not sure how I missed these video, thank you sir

[@icost4671]

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 👌

[@dillonscott227]

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.

[@chuckymurlo5654]

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!!

[@hillbillysportsman5818]

Another excellent video!

[@maxnuccio2440]

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!

[@Daniel-it1dp]

Good call on the vacuum for the leaves! 🍂

[@rwyoung1116]

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.

[@stacydornan9765]

Great vid thanks dude

[@lile4146]

Great advice

[@saabreplay7553]

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

[@mikehand2668]

Like that shop vac idea , always been grappling with them by hand , no more , haven’t seen any in the cabin filter . Another reason I will never have a sun roof , just not worth it having a hole in my roof that makes noise

[@MrMikey1273]

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.

[@javiervegas2109]

Dude, you're awesome!!! Thanks

[@flyonbyya]

I never knew the damage potential Thanks !

[@SuperDrhook]

Great maintenance tip AMD usually I don't have much of this issue cuz I rarely park under trees tho I did have some leaves fall between the hood & cowl but I always clear em out. I'm glad my truck doesn't have a sunroof so I don't have to worry about the first instruction but sure sunroofs may be a nice luxury feature n all but when they start to have problems that's when u wanna pull your hair! Lol

[@dimsoneill]

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

[@VincentScales]

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!

[@TheCardiomedic]

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

[@erickisel8668]

Great video!