condensation in headlight

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condensation in headlight

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As the title , quite a lot of condensation so any ideas of cure will be welcome
( apart from the obvious one of swap the unit :roll: )
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Once upon a time we could put them in the oven... Seal on the back misplaced or missing? I'm not sure if it would be safe to shine a hairdryer in the hole in the back (melting light/wife danger here), Maybe if you can stop it getting worse it can wait 'til the weather warms up.
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A little bag of silica gel left in the headlight overnight? Alternatively, taking the headlight out and sticking it on top of the radiator for a while would work.
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Cheers lads, combination of the 2 i think , silica gel to stop it getting worse
and leave till the weather improves and can tackle it properly :)
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Funnily enough one of the foglights on mine has done the same following the cold spell, I think it'll be a case of removing the guts and getting a hair dryer on it.
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Dried my foggin fog lights out several times :roll:

Leaves me a dilema - replace them? don't want to spend money on something I'll never use.
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I actually use mine :oops: :oops:
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puggy wrote:I actually use mine :oops: :oops:
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puggy wrote:I actually use mine :oops: :oops:
That's why your headlights are steamed up instead. :P

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