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Old 01-13-2004, 02:06 AM
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Originally posted by sfloriII
Huh, I never did figure out how water was getting into the trunk of my old 240-D. Hmmm.
The horizontal fins in the lenses are there to make the lenses self-cleaning, so when you're driving in the rain, water flows across the taillight to clean it...If the seals around the lenses are old and crusty, some of this water is going to end up in your trunk.

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