Moisture in Blinker Housing

The light bulb socket my passenger side doesn't have the protective rubber boot. Maybe that caused water to get into my blinker housing. Or I damaged the seal somehow after I pried it off to change out the bulbs. Yes, pried it. I'm not as smart as you guys. But it's not visibly damaged.

More importantly, how do I get this moisture out?

 

Take it apart and leave it in the sun, or the oven as low as it will go. Maybe a hairdryer would work?

 

Any tips on preventing moisture intrusion without the OEM rubber boot?

 

Hot glue?

electrical tape and a ziptie?

 

find the silica packets that are tossed in in packaging when goods are shipped or in shoe boxes. Put one in there, it sucks up moisture till you get the new rubber boot.

 

Normal. That’s just the blinker fluid evaporating.

 

The glue on my motorcycle light came apart @90*, but the tube of gorilla construction adhesive i had (probably over a year old) has held up well since the deer strike in sept (knocked the lens halfway off, but didnt break any of the mounts, and i peeled it off the rest of the way on an hot day). Before i reglued, it was nice to clean out all the amber lens film that had piled up. I polished on the inside housing, but it doesnt look any different than the driver side.


i erred on the side of too much glue, and really only have squeeze out on the back corner.

 

Had a condensation problem on a headlight on my '06. The real solution is to replace. My solution was to drill a 1/8" hole as close to the bottom as I could (on the back side of the unit, not the lens). It didn't help alleviate condensation more than a smidge, but prevented it collecting in a puddle inside the lens. I'm in North Texas, so YMMV.

 

Had the same problem on my left front blinker housing a couple of years ago. I drilled four 1/16 inch holes along the bottom front for drainage and air flow. No problems with corrosion, discoloration, or other since. I believe the small holes prevents any substantial penetration of water, even when blasting from a water hose during washing. And the allowed air access keeps it dried out.

 

1/8" drill bit solved that problem for me.