Steamy headlights

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:18 am

So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum.

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:19 am

road warrior wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:18 am So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum.

It’s usually the rubber seal around the removable cover on the back (the one you change the bulb through)
A new seal or a smear of Vaseline should cure it

Rob

biojo · Post by **biojo** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:04 am

you shouldnt use vasaline, but it will work, silicon grease would be better

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:14 am

As above, dry out the headlight and then silicone grease that cover back on

Zedtastic · Post by **Zedtastic** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:48 pm

To slightly digress from the thread title, would the same fix work on the front fog lamps? Mine are quite steamed up.

AveZ4coop · Post by **AveZ4coop** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:10 pm

Zedtastic wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:48 pm To slightly digress from the thread title, would the same fix work on the front fog lamps? Mine are quite steamed up.

Standard fix for fog lamps is to drill 3 small holes (3mm) in the underside of each one (a few threads on here about it). I have done it and it works.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:39 pm

Smartbear wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:19 am
road warrior wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:18 am So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum.
It’s usually the rubber seal around the removable cover on the back (the one you change the bulb through)
A new seal or a smear of Vaseline should cure it
Rob

Noted.

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:45 pm

i have ordered some silicon grease, and will do it when it arrives

rally-chris · Post by **rally-chris** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 1:56 pm

The other obvious point to make is that sealing up the headlights is great, but only if they aren’t already full of water (moisture) or that water is going to condense on the inside of the lenses and be unable to escape. At this time of the year I would suggest blowing warm air into the back of the light with a hair dryer for a while to get them warmed up and dried out before you put the rear cover back on.

Chris

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:18 pm

oh i will Chris, like most of us im well experienced with the hairdying technique, this aint my first forey into steamy windows

nor i suspect my last.. i continue to live in hope of buying a car that DOESNT have a touch of the Tina Turners.

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:26 pm

now then.. continuing on the lonesome trail of putting things right in order of importance.. it seem it has a brodit phone connector, the lead of which disappears into the left side of the passenger footwell. where is it going and what is it connected to ? I took the radio out and saw nothing there. I looked online for a clue and saw one that terminated in a usb connection.. - but where would that go ?

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:05 pm

while trying to work out why my multi cd player dont work.. i found a wiring nightmare . and this .

whats this ??

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found this in the boot along with a non working dvb tuner.

biojo · Post by **biojo** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:43 pm

tv tuner at a guess

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E39-E38-E4 ... SwQS1Z6KZz

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:54 pm

ahh, this is the analog bit then ?
ok thank you !, worthless now ? or is it needed to attach a working digital tuner too ?

biojo · Post by **biojo** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:10 pm

there is some infor linked here how to do it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-F_31jTmQ

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