I learned more from this video than 99% of the other teslas videos I've been watching
@TRYtoHELPyou5 жыл бұрын
You can see the excellent design effort the moment you look under the frunk! Thanks for doing this! I feel the more cars they design the better they will be at designing and building cars.
@foam274 жыл бұрын
So much better than the mess in the Model S.
@NaterFernat3 жыл бұрын
Design effort? It was poorly painted inside lol
@MartinzW Жыл бұрын
Thanks for detailed look. My car reports that front right, near door us sensor can't be reached. At the same time my AC is not working and system reports low pressure of refrigirant. Your video showed me that the coolant lines do run near front right side of the car and a leak there could end up dripping on the sensor electronics which could lead to some unwanted reaction. I won't be taking it apart but at least I can point the local service workers where to start looking.
@Monkeyheadtpc5 жыл бұрын
Yass! I do like to see other people take things apart. Thank you very much for your videos!
@Will-dl7nz7 ай бұрын
Now I know what's going one inside my tesla, thanks!
@mitchellbarnow17095 жыл бұрын
I never tire from watching this video over and over again!
@mitchellbarnow17095 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tour, Alex!
@steveburke33 жыл бұрын
Can you access the AC drain with this liner removed? Thanks for uploading
@raine20055 жыл бұрын
Great video. It looks like most of the parts are easily accessible. I bet there will be a lot of DIY repairs in the future
@peaches010101015 жыл бұрын
You produce my favorite Tesla videos. Thank you.
@kens97sto1715 жыл бұрын
I noticed at 5:30 mark you can see a sticker on the air conditioning piping that says R134a. That's nice to see because it's a much less expensive refrigerant. A little bit surprising as well because I think the model S use of the r1234. Which is extremely expensive. Great video looks like the car is well made and fairly well thought out under the covers.
@bob154795 жыл бұрын
Yeah Scotty Kilmer brought that up
@kens97sto1715 жыл бұрын
@@bob15479 I saw his video about the new r1234y why I think it's called. and I could swear I saw a video about a Model S in Europe that was running that new refrigerant. It could be that it's a requirement for European emission law. I'm just glad the model 3 has the old r 132. from what I've been reading you can actually evacuate that new refrigerant and put in our 132 and it will actually work okay. it's probably illegal for a shop to do it but you can certainly do it yourself at home and you can buy are 132 at any Walmart along with a gauge set at Harbor Freight
@johncampbell42145 жыл бұрын
Tesla needs to employ guys like you and create garages that repair their cars when they fail. Come on tesla!!! people NEED to know they can take their cars to dependable mechanics locally.
@Rick94823 жыл бұрын
Informative under the hood look on the 3 Alex. This still new company is just killing it and making a lot of happy owners. Going to be very interesting how much the Koreans change the marketplace. They're looking like a real challenger to Tesla in the coming years.
@walterrowntree70313 жыл бұрын
And you can inspect the inner tie rod end and take pictures for the Insurance Virtual Inspection App and move the claim process forward! Score! Thanks for the video, it gave me the confidence to pull the frunk.
@SaraJAwesome3 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@johny1220 Жыл бұрын
Tiny little piece of plastic from the clips that hold the access panel fell under the frunk, it’s tiny but is that something to worry about?
@imho72505 жыл бұрын
Nice job Alex, Just be careful, the last guy to do this (Ingineerix) disappeared from KZbin 2 months ago. LOL @5:55 that battery looks a lot easier to replace than a model X battery. I wonder if that size is one you can find any any battery store. Flooded cell is better than AGM or Gel cell for that application since you can put an equalizing charge on the flooded cell every few months without damaging it. And a $50 battery is better than a $150 battery when it does fail. So far, I haven’t seen any decent “Model 3 maintenance” videos. I think many owners will want to do their own oil and filter change, replace 12v battery, service the glycol system. Nobody even did a video owners manual, showing step by step things that are intended for the owner to do, such as jump starting the car, topping off fluids, etc. there are still people thinking the 12v wires in the front bumper will charge the battery.
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
Maintenance/service videos are a good idea, but more information gathering will be needed before going very far down that road... mostly to avoid gotchas of the "haha, you need Toolbox for this" variety. It looked like Tesla's techs had to access Toolbox just to replace my Model 3's charge port door & they confirmed that their laptops don't have local installs of Toolbox, which significantly reduces the likelihood of a version popping up in the wild. This stuff will all get figured out with time.
@imho72505 жыл бұрын
That would be a good category, things you can do without Toolbox. Once their are a million model 3, maybe someone will know how to jail break it without losing access to superchargers, but give you full control of your hardware you paid for.
@rickydelima313 ай бұрын
Now what is the mystery wire with a dust cover. Location: 3 wire harness under the frunk latch assembly. Any guess here?
@Reddylion3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@gele80475 жыл бұрын
To add a magnetically-mounted front license plate holder, can you show how to "remove" (actually, move forward just a few inches) the front plastic cosmetic bumper, please ... and reinstall it after the 4 disc magnets are attached to the inside surface of the cosmetic bumper.
@lonzoliggins10 ай бұрын
What do you think would cause the steering wheel to squeak? I have a 2019 Tesla Model 3 long range with a squeaky steering wheel. I’ve heard of people spraying lubricant down the steering wheel, I know this is a bad idea. Any thoughts?
@BNJMIN3 жыл бұрын
Where is the brake master cylinder? Thanks
@basembarakat5 жыл бұрын
Amazing and informative video. Thank you for this tour
@MrConor1595 жыл бұрын
Dual power inputs for dual power steering motors for redundancy
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
Dual inputs for redundancy, yes, but as far as I can tell there is only a single assist motor (looks like redundancy is focused on power & control electronics).
@MrConor1595 жыл бұрын
@@AlexVenz looked up a some photos from the Munro teardown on motortrend. Your right one motor two inputs.
@hughvera35693 жыл бұрын
Next post: rear trunk and synrm?
@mswmatt4 жыл бұрын
where is the refill of refrigerant line?
@jesse22002 жыл бұрын
Perfect video thanks. Question though, my car is currently in at the SC getting work done due to mice chewing the wires. Any recommendations on what I should put here to stop the mice and rats?
@Killahkron1992 Жыл бұрын
Is it possible to clean under hood of tesla with pressure washer??
@davn77234 жыл бұрын
should show how to remove front bumper
@billybong785 жыл бұрын
what is the 12v battery for? accessories? does it get charged by the main batteries, so i can wire things to it?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
The 12V battery runs the car's electronic systems, accessories, and provides power to close the high voltage battery pack's contactors (for safety reasons, it's best not to have the high voltage systems energized unless they need to be). The car does use a DC to DC converter to charge the 12V battery from the main high voltage pack as needed.
@lucasmarcilio27254 жыл бұрын
If there a way to run a wire from inside the car threw the firewall? Any1 knows any open access points?
@w30725 жыл бұрын
great job thanks for painting your garage
@ColeBender5 жыл бұрын
The glycol tank there is the coolant for everything in the car except for the battery. Tesla actually named it the "supertank" if you look closely, on the corner there's an image of a little tank with arms, legs, and a cape. "Supertank" those engineers are such nerds.
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
It's a shared cooling system... That glycol tank and pair of pumps, through a combination of valves, fittings, heat exchangers, cold plates, etc., is linked to pretty much everything *including* the battery. There's a line that comes off the tank and connects to the front of the battery pack at 4 points (likely 1 inlet for each of the 4 battery modules), which recombine at the rear and return to the tank. I left the cooling system mascot out of the video intentionally--increasing tooling cost for a gag that isn't even customer facing isn't something I want to encourage.
@ColeBender5 жыл бұрын
@@AlexVenz Interesting. I clearly know far less about the workings of the car than you do. I'll take your word for it but I got my info from an employee that assembled model 3s for 2 months and is now one of 4 mobile technicians in his division. He is a very highly regarded employee.
@cristianfederico24115 жыл бұрын
Do you think there is a hardware diference betwen the performance and the dual motor, or is just software limited?
@mitchellbarnow17095 жыл бұрын
Cristian Federico I bet that it’s a little bit of everything, hardware,software and profit margin.
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
There isn't really a good technical reason for the difference being anything other than a software unlock, assuming we're talking about base performance vs. LR dual motor (the performance upgrades package on top of base performance, obviously, adds bigger brakes, wheels, stick-ons, and other software changes).
@cristianfederico24115 жыл бұрын
@@AlexVenz Yes i was talking base performance vs dual motors.
@crgilligan5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Watched it and found it because I broke one of the frunk trim piece clips already. You referenced the improvement and I agree after watching your model S video. Any idea where I can find a replacement clip?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
I haven't done the research to find replacement clips from third parties... so your best bet is likely going to be a Tesla service center.
@laurencecooke4 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks. One question, can you access the front bumper parking sensors if you remove the trunk cover? I hit a small amount of debris and one of them has been pushed in.
@AlexVenz4 жыл бұрын
If you're talking about the two front sensors, they can be accessed from inside the frunk area once the frunk trim is removed. I pulled my frunk apart this morning to take some pictures and put them in a Twitter thread, since I can't post images in KZbin comments: twitter.com/PTPetra/status/1251565577719574530
@Chrisb8s5 жыл бұрын
can you show us how to put it back together? I would have hard time clicking in all those tabs.. I think, I haven't tried
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
I didn't include assembly since, once you've taken it apart, it's very straightforward to put back together. The edge clips on the large frunk liner piece pop back in even with broad pressure, alignment isn't really an issue since the liner/tub assembly mostly self-centers, and the only mildly tricky bit to get fully locked in place is the rear access cover... but that's solved with a bit of thorough pressing and sometimes some light hitting (just to pop the pins into place). Oh, and make sure the wire for the frunk emergency release button doesn't get caught in the latch mechanism.
@martinmaag87834 жыл бұрын
Can you get to the front parking sensors after removing the frunk?
@AlexVenz4 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, no. You'd probably have to pop the front fascia off to get to those. That said, it has been a while, so I'd pull the frunk apart & check before going to the trouble of messing with the fascia.
@martinmaag87834 жыл бұрын
@@AlexVenz Thank you very much...hopefully the Frunk is the trick!
@kcroeder5 жыл бұрын
Great video! So how do you know when you need to change that glyc fluid? How often?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
The manual states that the coolant should be replaced every 4 years or 50k miles.
@usptact5 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Thanks!
@jross3r5 жыл бұрын
Brave man
@DavidDrivesElectric5 жыл бұрын
great video!
@johncampbell42145 жыл бұрын
Seems like they would make it easier to change the 12V batt???
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
You have to remove stuff to get to the 12V battery in a lot of new cars these days, so this wasn't that bad from a servicing standpoint.
@22BOZIDAR5 жыл бұрын
Does it have a condenser in the front, its hard to tell in the video. Or does it use the heat exhanger in the cooling system.
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
The A/C condenser and radiator for the glycol loop are both under the shroud I pointed out. The car primarily cools the glycol loop via the radiator in the front & engages the refrigeration system as needed for additional cooling by opening the valve on the plate type heat exchanger (the valve is the black cylindrical thing at the refrigerant input to the plate hx).
@MrQueSientes5 жыл бұрын
could i connect a motorized retractable front license plate holder to that 12v battery? Or would it not be good for the battery?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
I suppose you could, though it would be continually powered... generally, it's best practice to look for switched 12V for that sort of thing. That said, I don't recall where you can pull switched 12V from in the front of the car.
@toddschroeder89715 жыл бұрын
The only dislike on this video MUST be Bob Lutz ;) Great video man!
@GATEWAY2MARS5 жыл бұрын
Idk why I like watching this but I do...
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad you do.
@tjam42295 жыл бұрын
Too much information in the wrong hands can be a bad thing. You are obviously competent, I doubt that most people will be. Good thing you’re doing it to show people...I hope most people never attempt this
@toctoc99275 жыл бұрын
Why tho? There is pretty much no risk as it's fairly easy to do and you can't damage anything important...?
@thedp5 жыл бұрын
completely trival. worst you do is break a couple replaceable plastic panel holders.
@HappyLeoul5 жыл бұрын
Can you show where the Autopilot computer is?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, it should be accessible by completely removing the glovebox from the dash. Understandably, I tend to avoid unnecessary disassembly of car interiors.
@iankphone5 жыл бұрын
That frunk is spacious compared to my S100D....
@gahishgahba24152 жыл бұрын
They forgot to paint the inside
@teachingmaterial20115 жыл бұрын
Alex do you still have your model S?
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
Yup, I do. Used it in last week's video, in fact.
@kelvinyang74755 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah 3 days inventory time no joke
@billnipp23095 жыл бұрын
Funny how the worlds safest car has so much plastic in the front end :)
@AlexVenz5 жыл бұрын
It's light, cheap, and doesn't carry a risk of cabin intrusion in the event of a collision--sounds good to me.
@billnipp23095 жыл бұрын
Alex Venz yup.
@SDav215 жыл бұрын
It's not the safest. And in cars since the 90s engines don't intrude into the cabin even in severe collisions. All cars use plastic in the front. It's about the structure that absorbs forces.
@billnipp23095 жыл бұрын
watch and learn. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYmqf2h5rr-ggqs ty