On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Tom Forhan wrote: > > The yesterday off to the inspection joint. Perfect, except for > moisture in the left headlight lens. Failed. The guy says "You don't > wanna know what a new one costs." I already knew that I didn't want > to know. I still don't. > > So my questions: There is no obvious damage. We are talking some > semi-serious moisture here, a tablespoon full or so, appearing as > condensation covering a good bit of the lens. Turning on the headlight > does not evaporate it at all. Is it possible for moisture to enter at > the bulb-reflector joint? Should I try sealing the bulb with a thin > layer of silicon - sounds dubious to me. Or send my wife out > to the pick-it yourself junkyards, again...? > > Tom F. > > 90 Syncro Westie > 90 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon IA Stage I > Tom, What a crock, they failed you over water in the headlight lense?, I drove the '86 I had around for years with moisture in there, of course FL dosen't have inspections anymore. BTW I've seen many vanagons with this. I do know how much they cost though, due to a minor front end altercation. About three years ago one lense cost about $120 OUCH. I would dry it out and try in vain to seal it and keep it dry till you get through inspection. Good Luck, Trace Choulat -- '93 MV x- '86 GL
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