Hi,

Just opened my tailgate following a day of heavy showers in my newly acquired FL2. I only bought the car last week and it’s been bone dry in the Midlands for a few weeks so there was no sign of water when I inspected the car.

The water is dropping on to the back of the spare wheel cover slightly to right of centre. I suspect it may be getting through the high level stop lamp.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a seal between the lamp and body?

Many thanks,

Kevin

You source assessment is accurate; just search the forum for high level brake light leak.

Take it out and replace with new seal and repeat at regular intervals or apply your preferred brand of sealant and refit and forget 👍 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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Many thanks all for the tips. I have ordered the thicker seal from the eBay seller, hopefully that will solve the issue👍👍

It will do and it’s easy to fit just remember to smear a bit of Vaseline on both sides of the new seal.

As said above it is most likely the high level brake light seal here's a YouTube link showing how to remove the light it's a quick and easy job.

Thanks again for all of the tips. I really appreciate the knowledge on this forum😁😁

SYFL2 wrote:

It will do and it’s easy to fit just remember to smear a bit of Vaseline on both sides of the new seal.

I think he meant apply to body as well , which I did . I think frame mastic ( not to be confused with silicone) as used in the building trade would work as well . A small bead to the body or gasket and as it never sets , it could be pulled off if a bulb needs replacing.

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Mine didn’t have any adhesive either side should it have ?

I’ve just looked through receipts it was from eBay the seller doesn’t appear to be on there anymore so can’t see a product description.

Badger51 wrote:

Sorry CED bit that is not what he meant or said!

I fitted the thicker seal and it does appear to be a better fit, however, it did start to leak again after a few months.
When I stripped it down the seal had moved position on the light and I suspect this was down to me applying too much silicone grease and it had wicked through over time to the adhesive. Anyhow I cleaned it all up with IPA again and stuck it back with double sided tape and all is good.
It does seem as though the seal is almost a service part, so next time I may try sticking it to the body rather than the light assembly and see how that goes.

It is a bit of a fiddle but what I did & it has worked a treat was cut two small pieces from an old credit card & place it between the clips on the light assembly & the bodywork hence pulling the seal tighter