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I was filling up my water tank for window cleaning in the car and accidentally spilled some droplets of water to the right of the plastic tank on this plastic connections... i wiped it off but last night my right head light wasnt working! :D

Can anyone tell me what could be the issue? Blown fuse or did i blow my head bulb?

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Sounds like it might be a coincidence, those connectors are pretty water resistent. Think about how much water would get into that area driving in the rain, and compare to the amount that you spilt. Make sure that you didn't knock the connectors loose though.

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whaever you do, dont drive at night. sounds simple, but once i was drving frmo penrith to wollongong in the chaser, and i didnt know until it was too late, but both my headlights were out.

i didnt realise while i was on the M4 and main roads where theres lighting, but once on the hume I had two choices: high beams and live, or no lights and porbably veer into the dirt and make some crashing noises.

this post is no help at all, sorry

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It's most likely those rice bulbs that you have. Those whit bulbs look nice, but I have never found some that last. When I first got my car, I went through about 3 packets (6 bulbs) in about 12 months.

But check it before you replace it.

What I found when they blew was it happened when i turned it on. It'd go on, then turn off striaght away and it's like shit, there goes the bulb.

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The lights on R33 S2's are not driving lights, they're only good as fog lights. Not sure what they're like on the S1 I haven't driven one at night. If you used one in an emergency I wouldn't recommend doing more than 20-40km/h because you can't see further than that.

R33 headlight connectors are filled with a weird whitish goop, which seems to dry over time. Heaps of people complain about intermittent headlights which start working if you whack them with your hand - this is just a poor connection issue.

When I replaced my parking lights I had the same problem, wiggling the wire slightly would make the light go on and off. I sprayed the shit out of the socket with an air duster and a bunch of crud fell out. Then I sprayed the socket and the plug with electronic contact cleaner and slapped it together and couldn't make it play up.

So your globe is probably fine just the plug isn't making good contact.

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