Wagon boot lid break lamp lens

[matt]

Winger just denied me a WOF as there is moisture inside me wagon's rear boot lamp lens

I drive a 2002 GTB Legacy Wagon... you know... that long ass peice of plastic that stretches from one side of the car right to the other and contains the reverse/break lamps...

This is apparently a common problem - i kinda know it is because others I know have the same issue.

What I wanna know is where does moisture ( read - alot of rain lately = alot of water in the "sealed" lens ) enter usually and is it easy enough to fix ? It had been suggested there's a crack somewhere but if thats not it - any common cause/fixes ?

Get a new lens ? At 800 god dam dollars you have to be joking .. .

[pl0x]

i duno what wof standard is but can you not just drill a whole at the bottom so it leaks out?

[wrx_lou]

yeah i did that in my old aftermarket tail lights. never failed a wof like that but im sure there would be some places that would.

[Guest boostcut]

just dry it out and get your wof, then drill a couple small, 1.5mm holes in the bottom.

[nt_a_foz]

do you really want to drain into your car though lol considering its an

wait

yeah k got it dont worry...

[matt]

yeah winger said to do that too but id rather find the cause

faaaark knows where the water is getting in but it damn well is.... in regular amounts...

[Guest boostcut]

pull the light unit out and it will have a foam dust seal, pull that off and urethane it in.

[Guest boostin]

They all leak. Just pull it off and drill some drain holes. I wouldn't bother with trying to seal it up.

[DRFVDR]

 boostin said:

They all leak. Just pull it off and drill some drain holes. I wouldn't bother with trying to seal it up.

+1

I find drilling holes to let water out is what u will end up doing anyway as stopping it leaking in can be a long hard and frustrating exercise.....

Work well in old Leones to for leaks around the windscreen

[matt]

right, will drill away then

thanks chaps!

[matt]

oh and as far as failing a WOF goes - any moisture inside a lamp lens unit is deemed epic fail as the result of water inside distorts the plastic lens itself ( upon evaporation i would imagine ).