Water in Fog Lights?!!!
03-29-2005, 10:10 AM
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Water in Fog Lights?!!!
I installed the oem fogs the other day. Washed the car yesterday, and my passenfer side fog is full of water! Anybody else have this happen to them? Is there a quick fix for this? How the hell do I get the water outta there!
03-29-2005, 10:21 AM
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The curse of the passenger side fog has sprung amungst is all. :D I bought the whole thing brand new, off a fellow member. And I paid the same as factory price I guess...$260 for the set of fogs and the wand with the switch. Very easy install, took like an hour for everthing.
Water? Anyone?
Water? Anyone?
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Originally Posted by TxRx8
I installed the oem fogs the other day. Washed the car yesterday, and my passenfer side fog is full of water! Anybody else have this happen to them? Is there a quick fix for this? How the hell do I get the water outta there!
EDIT: Is this a factory fog setup? If so then nevermind.. oh.. it is not a curse until I say it's one...
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Originally Posted by brothervoodoo
If I recall the fogs have a air/evap rubber tube that should be pointing down. You probably left it pointing-up, if it rains or you wash the car, it tends to catch water. Once you get significant water in there, it can take months for it to evaporate on it's own. I suggest you clean it out and make sure the rubber tube is pointing down.
EDIT: Is this a factory fog setup? If so then nevermind.. oh.. it is not a curse until I say it's one...
EDIT: Is this a factory fog setup? If so then nevermind.. oh.. it is not a curse until I say it's one...
03-29-2005, 11:58 AM
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I had this problem, and I fixed it. There is a vent tube the was installed backwards from the factory on mine. I took off the fog light and got the watrer out with a hair dryer and flipped the tube around. That was 3 months ago...no problems since then.
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Originally Posted by TxRx8
Yeah Brother, it's the factory set-up. No tube then?
If it's factory, it should have a rubber tube set at a right angle (a rubber nipple for lack of better term). At least mine did, I have an early VIN car so maybe it's changed since then. I ended up getting water in one of my fogs until I realized what I did....
In my above edit I made an error. I meant to say IF IT IS factory then take a look at what rasp and I pointed out.
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