Facelift Indicators/ Condensation.

[Arctic]

Today I was giving the car the final check ready for the MOT next week when I noticed the front upright facelift indicator had condensation in them.

This used to happen to my first facelift tourer, not that it's a tourer fault but most facelift indicator light at some time get condensation in them, they can be removed and wiped out but it will only reoccur.

Therefore today I removed wiped them clean and added some vent tubing in hope it will cure the problem only time will tell, below is how I went about it.

Left & right both have condensation.
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The lights can be removed using a plastic tool or spatula
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Once the edge is free the light will lift out of the bumper.
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With the light extracted you can undo the bulb socket.
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Twist and remove.
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You can clearly see the condensation.
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Use a good clean cloth to wipe out I used a cotton glove.
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Next I drilled a 4mm hole in the bottom of the light, the light I used was a spare one which was used a test.
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I found some small pipe connectors which I had from doing the sunroof tubes years back, they are the smallest in the box.
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The 90% degree connector was pushed into the 4mm hole and super glue in place.
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I didn't think it looked very neat so when it came to doing the lights of the car I found some small O-rings.
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The O-rings were fitted onto the connector along with some clear tubing.
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These were then pushed in to the indicator.
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A drop of super glue was added around the O-rings and the connector sealed in place.
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I did a test run on the spare light before hand
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I also decided to add some Vaseline to the light aperture which abuts the O-ring seal.
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The light were then plugged back into the wiring fitment on the car.
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I also added some extra Vaseline round the O-ring seal before pushing/fitting the lights back on to the car.
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I am hopeful this will help if not solve the condensation problem time will soon let me know cheers Arctic.