My taillight is leaking...

[Mrk_Mickey]

This is why my central locking motor died after I got it back from the panelbeater.

Unfortunately, it looks as though the mounting surface (the hole in the rear quarter metal) for the right rear taillight isn't quite 100% shapely. The left side looks a bit straighter and naturally better than the right hand side, which I find weird because the panel itself is new.

Anyway...I've got a ''working'' gasket on the light at the moment but it isn't working. Can I add another gasket, or use some sort of special spray on foam or gasket stuff to create a better waterproofing?

[Golf Loon]

or drill a hole in the bottom of the lamp unit so the water drains away as quick as it goes in

[mk3pete]

go to bunnings and buy a tube of gasket sealant put it on both sides of the gasket it should do the trick

[Mrk_Mickey]

Nah it's coming into the boot...it's not going into the light at all!

The top of the gasket is letting it drip through. I was thinking of some sort of silicone but that would be difficult, messy and dodgy.. (don't have much choice about the dodgy!).

[Preen59]

Use silicon. Run a bead along where the gap is neatly. Then wet your finger (stops it sticking to your finger and it will run better) and run it along the bead to remove the excess and wipe it into the gap. Easy.

Or you can do what my mate used to do with his old hilux whenever there was a rattle, hole etc.. Just stuff rags in it! hahahaha.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Okay I might have a go at work tomorrow, thanks Preeny.

[DubSteve]

If its not done up super tight it will leak!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Steve I stripped a nut yesterday trying to do it up tight enough lol

[Lorenz]

My lights were leaking aswell, and with the car siting outside for 2 months without moving, it caused my central locking pump to go aswell. Just had it replaced and I think it's stuffed again, damn doors wouldnt lock this morning

[Mrk_Mickey]

Mate do what I did and just pull the centra locking motor out from the black styrofoam stuff it sits in, and leave it as far away from the headlight as possible.