Y34 Losing Mirror Fluid!

[MaxBolus]

lol, well now I've seen everything. First it was cooling fan fluid, now the mirror is leaking!

I noticed recently that my left mirror was giving a "double image" reflection, and saw a small crack on the frame, so figured the mirror was loose in its bracket.
Then started to see some goo leaking from the frame..

This morning I could see the fluid level was down, the top of the mirror was a lighter shade than the rest



Leaking goo:



Overall view, showing the double image effect and a nice fall scene:




lol, anyway, I figure this is most likely some kind of thermal compound that is meant to couple the mirror defroster to the glass.

I checked on replacements, the mirror with position sensing is around $340, but one without is a couple hundred less.

Question is, does anyone know if the position sensing components could be moved from my existing mirror to a new (cheaper) one? The double image is kind of annoying, but with winter on the way, don't want to be stuck with a frozen mirror.

Anyway, thought this is good for a laugh at least.

[The00Dustin]

My 98 park avenue did this with a mirror that was a junk yard replacement. I can't say on your Y34, but the glass would pop off of the movement on my mirror, so you could replace just the glass. In that scenario, if both were defrosting, I would think they would probably be interchangeable. Unfortunately, I can't tell you whether or not this affects defrosting in the mirror, because I don't remember (if I even had it leaking like that in the winter).