Teslas biggest motor flaw! The "Achilles Seal"

[@fdhall]

Guys thanks for posting this! I have a 2015 P85D and was thinking this could be something I could handle myself. Unfortunately it's not an easier DIY, but it is what it is.

[@stuntviking9697]

Man, I was excited before watching this video, too. No chance that I’m doing this job. I’ll need an EV mechanic in Georgia who not only is willing to undertake this job, but will have the multiple lifts necessary to do it.

[@sirseriously]

There are options that don't require a drive unit removal.

[@Kingcrimsonaddict]

​@@sirseriouslywould you care to tell us about these? Thanks!

[@coachrob04]

Great vid, this will save a lot of people some major money. 💪💪💪

[@ChristopherEisele]

Another issue, which should be addressed, is the end cap seals on the drive motors. From the manufacturer, the motors come witha flat oramge gasket with 3 concentric circular lobes. Good design, three levels of redundancy before a leak. At Tesla, during manufacture, they open the endcap, remove the three-lobe seal, and replace it with a gasket seal with a single lobe. I don't want to accuse tesla of designing failure into their vehicles, but why introduce an un-needed step into manufacture to replace a superior design with an inferior designed part? Business opp. for u guys. Good luck!

[@MrMoparMan]

Great fix!

[@revoltsystems]

Thank you sir! Hope yours is treating you & the Electrolite well 🙌🏽

[@MindCrime550]

7:25 good hack!

[@Derpy1969]

I’m surprised it took Tesla until 2020 to figure this problem out.

[@PandaMan02]

its not like there are a lot of people taking them in to get serviced for oil changes..

[@revoltsystems]

They know about it but as most OEM's they make money from maintenance and repair.

[@stevedrawdy2532]

Do the Tesla replacement LDUs suffer this issue? mine was replaced under warranty with a "U" unit. 2018 P100D

[@ctoomuch]

Just had that problem on my wife's car. $6,500.00 at Tesla

[@Namlosen]

Which Car models and make are affected by this "achilles seal"?

[@sirseriously]

All performance model s/x and all rwd only model s.

[@revoltsystems]

Any one with a large drive unit

[@sinanjordanful]

RAV4 EV and 2014-2017 b250e

[@boosted_vision]

Would like to install this kit for my car, I am in San francisco area, do you have any connection with local repair shop that knows how to do exactly what you do in the video? I talked to a couple places and they have not heard about the coolant delete thing...

[@revoltsystems]

We asked around and cannot recommend any shops in your area. This is a problem that has existed for a while and most shops still don't know about it.

[@J5Jonny5]

Super fun day!

[@revoltsystems]

Always good to have Juanote’ Cinco en la casa!

[@J5Jonny5]

@@revoltsystems haha! Love coming by for a good time!

[@fradaja]

And all the neigh sayers , “ you can’t fix evs” , I can fix my own ice , any 1st year college mechanic could fix this

[@fdhall]

Do you guys have any thoughts on the future ramifications/repercussions of removing that cooling? I recently contacted a well-known in the EV servicer in our community and they pretty much advised against this fix. They're advising a much more expensive rebuild where they replace seals and bearings. Not saying either is wrong per se, just collecting all the data that I can to make the most informed decision as a consumer. Thanks in advance.

[@revoltsystems]

We have been running them for a long time and have thousands of miles on the kit. Tesla just released a fix to the motors with a "U" code that does the same thing as ours. We have seen more rebuilt seals fail than anything else due to rotor surface damage.

[@Deanzsyclone]

​@@revoltsystems"that does the same thing as ours" are you saying Tesla is also solving it by bypassing the passageway also?

[@sinanjordanful]

@@Deanzsyclonenothing official about this. I’m seeing people say that Tesla is doing it but haven’t found anything official from Tesla about it .

[@3030hp]

Thanks gents.

[@ineu1650]

Cant you just remove the the coolant lines straight pipe them and leave the motor without coolant

[@revoltsystems]

That would overheat the entire thing very quickly and destroy the motor and inverter.

[@Gr8thxAlot]

After seeing this, Honda forever....

[@elektricka]

Too late, this is an old designed, ended 8 years ago

[@radioholicar6142]

But gays is there missing parts. Old part have a seals in the center. Is not logic to me. Now nothing stop water go in bearings?

[@revoltsystems]

The kit bypasses the entire problematic part.