Headlight housing filling with water?

Johnny Fort · 08-23-2001, 10:21 PM

Whenever it rains, one of my headlights fills with water and stays full unless I remove it and pour it out. It gets all fogged up. Do I have to replace the whole housing or is there a quick fix? I don't drive the car in the rain that often but it also happens when I'm washing it. Thanks for the help.

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Unit 5302 · 08-23-2001, 10:46 PM

Sounds like it has a hole in it somewhere. I've seen them fog up, even get a little water in them at the bottom, but nothing like you describe.

If worse comes to worse, you can take a small drill bit at the bottom and drill a couple little holes to let the water drain out. I did that, kept the water from building up on my old LX, but it would still fog up a little.

WADS56 · 08-24-2001, 12:23 AM

My 93lx is like that. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the light so it could drain out. Works good.

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84LX89GT · 08-24-2001, 03:05 AM

I had a friend with those "aqua-lenses" and he drilled a couple of holes in the bottom and it worked pretty well. I've heard you can also remove the actual glass lens from the housing, clean off the mating surfaces and resealing the housing so it is fixed and no debris or condensation can cause the bulb to burn out. Good luck.

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Johnny Fort · 08-25-2001, 03:47 PM

Actually, the headlight doesn't fill, it just has maybe a half inch or less collected at the bottom. Thanks for the idea of drilling holes, I didn't think of that.

08-23-2001, 10:21 PM	#1
Johnny Fort Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Naperville, Illinois, USA Posts: 35	Headlight housing filling with water? Whenever it rains, one of my headlights fills with water and stays full unless I remove it and pour it out. It gets all fogged up. Do I have to replace the whole housing or is there a quick fix? I don't drive the car in the rain that often but it also happens when I'm washing it. Thanks for the help. ------------------ '89 GT- Dynomax mufflers- Hurst billet shifter- K&N- Eibach springs- KYB shocks/struts- 3.55s- pulleys- 130K miles- 14.31@97.5

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08-23-2001, 10:46 PM	#2
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Sounds like it has a hole in it somewhere. I've seen them fog up, even get a little water in them at the bottom, but nothing like you describe. If worse comes to worse, you can take a small drill bit at the bottom and drill a couple little holes to let the water drain out. I did that, kept the water from building up on my old LX, but it would still fog up a little.

08-24-2001, 12:23 AM	#3
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	My 93lx is like that. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the light so it could drain out. Works good. ------------------ NA 347 W/ stage 2 Canfield heads, out of the box Victor 5.0 intake, solid roller cam, Aeromotive fuel system. MY CAR http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1288

08-24-2001, 03:05 AM	#4
84LX89GT Mustangs Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,938	I had a friend with those "aqua-lenses" and he drilled a couple of holes in the bottom and it worked pretty well. I've heard you can also remove the actual glass lens from the housing, clean off the mating surfaces and resealing the housing so it is fixed and no debris or condensation can cause the bulb to burn out. Good luck. ------------------ previous name: 84stangLX '84 Mustang 5.0 LX my LX '89 Mustang GT my GT

08-25-2001, 03:47 PM	#5
Johnny Fort Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Naperville, Illinois, USA Posts: 35	Actually, the headlight doesn't fill, it just has maybe a half inch or less collected at the bottom. Thanks for the idea of drilling holes, I didn't think of that.