WATER IN DRIVERS SIDE REAR CLUSTER

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dek
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Post Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:29 pm

ON OCCASION I HAVE TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF MY REAR LIGHT CLUSTER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DAMAGE TO CLUSTER AND i HAVE REPLACVED THE BOOT SEAL TO RULE THAT OUT BUT STILL WATER?
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Post Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:33 pm

dek wrote:ON OCCASION I HAVE TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF MY REAR LIGHT CLUSTER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DAMAGE TO CLUSTER AND i HAVE REPLACVED THE BOOT SEAL TO RULE THAT OUT BUT STILL WATER?
Pardon!?
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Post Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:05 pm

robbo86 wrote:
dek wrote:ON OCCASION I HAVE TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF MY REAR LIGHT CLUSTER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DAMAGE TO CLUSTER AND i HAVE REPLACVED THE BOOT SEAL TO RULE THAT OUT BUT STILL WATER?
Pardon!?
Ignore him ^

Remove the lamp and check the seal around the back of it,a smear of vaseline around the seal might help it,if it still leaks its a new seal you need

p.s. turn the caps lock off dude.
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Post Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:22 pm

This is how much they are mate.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=131209

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Simon
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Post Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:24 pm

Keep some fish in it?

New seals work wonders, old ones flatten and don't do a proper job.

I love upsetting concours entrants at Gaydon by pointing out the water in the indictors :P It's happened twice now
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Post Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:02 pm

Simon wrote:Keep some fish in it?

New seals work wonders, old ones flatten and don't do a proper job.

I love upsetting concours entrants at Gaydon by pointing out the water in the indictors :P It's happened twice now
After spending all that time buffing you would have thought they would of spotted that! :D

I had the same problem on mine,new seals are the only way to stop it,i had a lot of water in mine enough for at least 2 fish! :wink:
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Post Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:28 pm

Thanks for the advice men, new seals shall be ordered. Will speak to Mr Cotswold
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Post Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:52 am

Ignore him
:teehee:

Hope you get it sorted though dude.
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Post Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:02 am

PARDON!?
THERE IS NO RIGHT SIDE TO WAR! ONLY THE SIDE THAT IS LEFT!
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