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04-18-2020, 12:40 AM
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 Drives: 2014 Chevrolet Camaro LS Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Houston, Texas
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Water inside taillight
Hello, so today while out to shop I noticed the right side of my right taillight was out on my 2014 Camaro LS and I decided to go take a look at it. Turns out half the taillight is full of water... yes a bunch of water. I hadn’t noticed since I just drive my car to work and nothing else lately. I’m unsure on what to do right now, take it to a Chevy Dealer even if I got it used from some other dealers? Somehow drain the water out? Need completely new taillights?
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04-18-2020, 02:07 AM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro SS Join Date: Dec 2019
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Best solution I’ve heard was too drill a small hole or two on the bottom of the twilights. You won’t really see the wholes
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04-18-2020, 06:53 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS M6 Join Date: Jan 2019
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Drill a very small hole in the bottom corner. There is a thread on this from a couple weeks ago. You can read more here https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=572938
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04-18-2020, 09:20 AM
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Drives: 2014 Chevrolet Camaro LS Join Date: Feb 2019
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Thanks guys, I looked for a similar thread but kept getting threads about condensation. Ill do this and replace the bulb. Thanks!
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04-18-2020, 10:54 AM
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I'd take the whole tailight out and find out where the water is coming in and then reseal it. It must be a fairly large hole or gap for that much water to seep in. If it's sonic welded and the plastic cracked or it can't be resealed for some reason, then I'd just look for a good new/used tailight.
Even with holes drilled into the bottom, it's probabaly not a good idea for water to be constantly entering through the tail light housing like that. |
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04-18-2020, 01:03 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS M6 Join Date: Jan 2019
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04-18-2020, 03:08 PM
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I've tried to repair them in the past without any luck. Its very hard to find the breach because it can change with temperature. I even went as far as pressurizing them under water and couldn't find a thing but they still leaked water. The water vapor in the taillight ruins the reflective coating pretty quick too.
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04-18-2020, 10:30 PM
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If a customer doesn’t want to replace the assembly because of cost etc....
I will smoke the assembly and then seal if possible with clear silicone |
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04-19-2020, 03:33 PM
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Drives: 2011 VR SS Vert Join Date: Aug 2015
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Make sure the bulb is seated correctly. I found some moisture and the bulb was not seated correctly in the tail light housing.
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09-15-2020, 06:13 PM
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Drives: 2014 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS 1LE RS Join Date: Mar 2020
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My wife just jokingly suggested putting silicon packets in there to keep it dry, which puts a pretty funny mental image in my mind of those rattling around while my cammed engine rumbles.
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09-15-2020, 07:17 PM
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09-16-2020, 02:03 PM
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2014 Camaro 2SS RS 1LE
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09-16-2020, 05:39 PM
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This is ‘blinker fluid.’ Replace when dry.
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