romaatme

When my Xenon is on you can see something inside the lamb (look at pic enclosed). Who can tell me
what this is, and can you clean it ?

Thanks
Rob

EuroCarFan

Are you talking about the dust particles against the front glass? Whatever it is, there's no way for you to get inside of the cover to clean it out.

DrLev99

Listen to me. Do NOT go into the light. Stop where you are. Turn away from it. Don't even look at it.

romaatme

Yep that's what i mean. Almost every Xenon light on a car has it. You say it's a kind of dust ? No way to clean it ?

hawaiian-I

Anyone ever notice condensation in their lens. Does it look like dried drops with dust stuck on it. Was told by tech that these are not entirely sealed. Believe it or not.

EuroCarFan

romaatme, the problem is you can't open up the lights to get on the inside to clean.

Iceman

First of... I made a .jpg out of that .doc :




Now, there's no way to open the housing without risking to break it.
Not even my dealer nor BMW can open it safely! (They actually want to get in there, but can't!).

Condensation... YES! Those housings are NOT sealed, because the Xenons create too much heat. This heat needs to find a way out! Unfortunately, this causes condensation sometimes, but it should go away fast when the lights are on.


So, stay away from those housings!

romaatme

Is it that well known ? Or specific for my car, and what's the cause ?

thanks
Rob

530xda

as Iceman told you , the heat needs to get out of the lighthousing so this "problem" is known to all cars that have xenon.

romaatme

Still i don't get it. The xenon light gives hardly any heat. Just try it after a ride ?