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As the title says really I had a nightmare in the recent floods on my way home from work at 0100 in the morning a few days ago.
I came round a bend on a B road and some t@&t was coming straight at me with full beams on so i was dazzled, i then hit about a foot or more of flood water that drowned the entire car
Amazingly I kept the revs up and managed to continue through with no problems or fault beeps but............................ my drivers side headlilght is now pointing at the floor.
Yesterday I stripped out all the bulbs and dried off the water inside the assempbly with a hairdryer and refitted. My first thought was that the bulb had just moved from its correct seating position but it was fine.
The allignment motor was making a high pitched squeek but this stopped when tapped and some water came out of it. It then started buzzing as it does when you adjust the beam from the dash.
After last nights test nothing has changed, to clarify:
all bulbs are good and seated correctly,
no water or condensation in lens affecting beam pattern,
passenger side fine.
However, when pressing the adjustment button on dash both headlight motors buzz then stop as they should but no movement in either.
I'm thinking that maybe the drivers side adjuster thingey has been pushed down and is jammed but would this effect the passenger side?
maybe it's broken?
I don't know how they work, does the bulb move or the round thing in front of the headlight bulb?
Maybe it just needs manual adjustment? how do you do that?
Some tech advice would be greatly received as i'm gonna try and remove the unit today and check it over more thoroughly.
Sorry for the long post but the more info I give should help the knowledgable ones!
cheers
Neil
I came round a bend on a B road and some t@&t was coming straight at me with full beams on so i was dazzled, i then hit about a foot or more of flood water that drowned the entire car
Amazingly I kept the revs up and managed to continue through with no problems or fault beeps but............................ my drivers side headlilght is now pointing at the floor.
Yesterday I stripped out all the bulbs and dried off the water inside the assempbly with a hairdryer and refitted. My first thought was that the bulb had just moved from its correct seating position but it was fine.
The allignment motor was making a high pitched squeek but this stopped when tapped and some water came out of it. It then started buzzing as it does when you adjust the beam from the dash.
After last nights test nothing has changed, to clarify:
all bulbs are good and seated correctly,
no water or condensation in lens affecting beam pattern,
passenger side fine.
However, when pressing the adjustment button on dash both headlight motors buzz then stop as they should but no movement in either.
I'm thinking that maybe the drivers side adjuster thingey has been pushed down and is jammed but would this effect the passenger side?
maybe it's broken?
I don't know how they work, does the bulb move or the round thing in front of the headlight bulb?
Maybe it just needs manual adjustment? how do you do that?
Some tech advice would be greatly received as i'm gonna try and remove the unit today and check it over more thoroughly.
Sorry for the long post but the more info I give should help the knowledgable ones!
cheers
Neil
