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Arakor 04-13-2007 11:45 AM

Water in tail light
 
Upon my car alerting me of a burnt out turn signal bulb I discovered that there was a good amount of water in the tail light. My dad said that one solution would be to drill a small hole in the bottom of it, but he said to see if any of you guys know a better method. Thanks!

ptrfair 04-13-2007 11:20 PM

water in tail light
 
my 92 did that and it turned out there was microtiny crack in my top part of the lamp where the trunk shuts. i went to a yard and found one cheap.

try looking for a crack or something, see if water is coming through the lightbulb sockets themselves, that could be it too.

this kinda stuff is always fun, good luck :D

willwren 04-14-2007 02:13 AM

The most likely entry point is the seal between the light assembly and the rear of the car. Take them out, clean the seals and the paint, and apply a little RTV before you reinstall them.

bobfather99 04-15-2007 02:14 AM

I ended up having both a crack and bad seals on my tails.

Crack was just about the "shopping cart height" (lucky me)

RTVed the seals and crack, good as new........


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