Corsa Wet Footwell Fix - Project 1.8 

I have just followed this on my combo van, I have had a wet damp van for 4 years and now I have a dry warm van .. Thankyou for the video this is what you tube is all about .. keep it up 👍

Absolutely awesome. Your detailed step by step instruction and awesome camera work in such confined spaces is most commendable indeed. Well done. I will now do the same with my corsa c by following your steps you went through. Thank you so much for sharing this. Much appreciated. Dave from South Africa.

We managed to do the job without removing the brake servo (we stopped at 07:40 in the video), instead, we were able to reach round to clean out the gunk and apply new sealant with our fingers. It was fiddly, but not as fiddly as trying to remove the bolt at 13:03! So so grateful for such clear instructions, thank you.

People here are all bothered by the crusty kettle and stained cup but I'm disgusted you put the milk in before removing the tea bag.

Thanks very much for this video, superbly well done. I've had a go at this but getting the brake servo off was too much for my experience in car mechanics. I even left the white bottle in place on top of it. I discovered that the only place the sealing had broken was at the bottom right, underneath all that clutch cable that goes to the white bottle. All the rest appears to be alright so I dried that area off with my air compressor and dug out most of the broken sealing just at that one place, then filled it with silicon. It's a bugger to get at being as that cabling is in the way but I found that by dropping the silicon down there I could get my fingers in to press it down. You can get your hand in from the left side aswell. I also used some tools, like a long reach scraper and a bit of tubing on the end of a long reach screw driver. I've tested it by pouring water over it with a watering can (and the rest of the sealing) and it's not leaking inside the car but I suppose only time will tell whether I've got away with it by not removing the brake servo. I'm wondering whether to finish off the job with a coating of undercar sealant.

One of the best how to videos I've seen. Much appreciated

Absolutely loved your video. I've been piling newspapers under my mats on the drivers side and changing them every few days. I won't be able to do what you did but I appreciate the way you explain each detail. My Corsa is an 04 reg and getting old and crochety like me. I'm a female pensioner by the way. Thanks for sharing your motor knowledge really enjoyed it. Now where did I put those newspapers? 🤔😊

@thesavagegarage thank you so much for this video, I needed to get a brake servo and a vacuum pipe and I couldn’t find anywhere a “how to remove it” video on it. A week before you uploaded this video and saved me a lot of time, once again thank you and good luck with the 1.8 project👍🏻

Literally just finished doing this while following your video! Excellent detail. I have no nuts left so I think I did a good job😀. Cheers. Very useful.

Had a leak in the barina. Tried sealing it without taking the cylinder off…. Hopeless. This video was great, watched it a dozen times while doing the job, took my time, got it all off ok, sealed it mint, now the floor all dry. Best video ever.

Just did mine today; this is by far the best video on the topic. Cheers pal 🍻

Bollocks simple fix is to run bit of silicon along plastic cowling at base of windscreen so water doesnt drip ther! Job done

That was great thanks, still a bit intimidating for a first timer. I've got a 2017 SRI and yet it still has the same problem, even had seedlings growing in the footwell! VX should have sorted this by now. Anyway, thanks for including the really essential bit - putting it back together again.

A great detailed video. I have a Corsa C which suffers from the same sort of leak (obvs) but I just put two opened out newspapers under the car mat which soaks any leakage up. Carpet is bone dry. Just remember to change the papers when they’re wet right through. It’s so effective this way that I’ve put off fixing it properly especially as the car is getting old now. That said the mileage on mine is a genuine 69k on an 04 plate. Other than the leak everything else is immaculate.

Awesome video. Really helpful and detailed. Other videos miss out the essential part of footwell work. Thank you 👍

Excellent video - thank you so much!! Just done my 2005 Corsa, now need to wait for some rain to check that it's worked. I only had to undo two nuts to release the brake servo, also the thread has gone on my battery clamp so that was a nightmare to remove!

Great video that was quite a mess you had to put right, love the attention to detail and quality of your work looking forward to the next videos 👍

Excellent video mate think you’ve highlighted where I may have water getting into my corsa s footwell Cheers keep the videos coming their ace 👍🏻

Great tutorial. Very detailed. I just followed this and did my daughters Corsa. Had the previous owner not done such an abortion of a job already id of had it done in no time. Over 2 hours scraping crap off the entire area. What a mess. All done now. A nice neat job.

Cheers for the video, much appreciated and well edited.

Great video. I think the level of detail and quality u puy in to this one is what people want to see. This defiantly has pushed ur channel on. I could I think another great video people want is battery change on this car also. 😀

Gr8 video, best one out there just done this over weekend. Really well explained and videod. Wish I'd watched it all thru first to avoid the unneeded steps you covered later but top job on this. Saved me heaps.

Absolutely brilliant, thank you. Just did this job and your video was a life saver, nice one

Thank you very much for this video. Very easy to understand, even for a german DIY guy. This was helpful indeed.

Detailed and great video, good job. only thing missing for me was how to dry up that damn carpet. but awesome work, thank you!

Very helpful video! I fixed this problem in my car with this video and some technical know how, thank you!

Great video can’t wait for the upcoming videos

Thank you for posting. Now I have a dry footwell.

Slide the seats back, bash a deliberate 'dent' in the floor and drill a 10mm hole. Job done - 5 minutes

Perfect video. I wish i can fix it myself too. I have the same problem and i don't trust that someone else can do such a detailed job.

Great video looks a lot of effort to film and edit this. Thanks

Nice and concise clear instruction well done and thanks for the help.

This was a useful video cheers mate good work 👍👍

Thanks dude, i just done this as footwells were terrible hopefully should be good now

great job and video mate just one thing how do you keep track of all the screws if you could let know that would be great

Love your videos. Looking forward to next one. Would you ever consider building yourself small garage/ workshop.

Good pace. Nice camera position

Great video firstly. My friend has a corsa which is an automatic and has the same issue, would your fix also work on an automatic as thats what she has?

Thanks. That video is absolutely ace. My daughter has this problem. I now know exactly what to do. Thanks, you are a star! :-)

Not that simple,a lot of work.

All corsa C have this problem check the BCM seal also..:)) My sons is coming in the passenger side footwell about to look at it tomorrow, Nice build i can remember doing a conversion on an astra from Carb to injection it was a great learning curve, we put an injection system on the 1.8v carb and turned it into fuel injection..Was great fun car was a lot smoother and faster but miss the sound of carb fed engine.The whole top end of the engine had been properly polished and ported many hours spent on it, we should have strengthened the bottom end because it only lasted about 2 weeks before it blew the bottom end...The old vauxhall 1.8 astra gte 8v had many issues with the bottom end knocking.

Mine leaks I pulled all that spongy felt stuff out dried it with cloth then put a kids cheap nappy under carpet where water comes in near pedal lasts over a week soaks up water like a good un ... Leaving job till summer will do it like you good video

Good job. Just about to tackle this.

Should've cleaned the cup and squeezed the tea bag against the mug when you took it out😄😂

Thnx mate, i’m going for it. For my daughters Tigra Twintop 1.8…..

I did the same thing today. Yes on Xmas day! I didn't think to take the covers off in the interior to access the brake servo pin and bolts it was tough going I used an 1/4" ratchet with universal joint on the 13mm socket very uncomfortable!!

Hey man.. Nice video, I reccon that I might be over my head to do it but.. On a quick question side do you think that I can replace the washer nozzles for ones like Peugeot 207? (sprinklers) one way or the other I'll be looking forward for your next videos. Cheers

very well presented video clear and concise really good job

I love that the previous person just sealed over the old stuff 😂😂

that seems like a lot of work man

The times I've seen this job done. If only Vauxhall had either used a better seal or designed the water flow from the screen such that this couldn't happen. The hours of people's time wasted fixing this. Thanks. Great video!

I did mine today and it went really well, used rubbing alcohol to get it super clean and a hairdryer for 20 minutes. I used sikaflex 221 polyurethane sealant . Make sure the nuts on the servo and master cylinder are tight, and that the vacuum hose is plugged back in, or you might get a hissing sound or have stiff brake pedal. Thanks very much for the video :)

Had same problem with Astra H at cabin air intake / firewall

Would be cool to see you do a Corsa B Project next!

The cup isn’t exactly dirty though its just tea stains, don’t see why everybody is crying about it 😂

Great video think I'll be leaving it looks like a right mission

Would you be able to tell me when you removed the battery did you have to take of the wipers to take of the scuttle panel?

Just found my passenger foot well is leaking, but after watching this idk if i can be arsed😂

I literally sprayed sealant all around the brake booster and brake fluid reservoir and it did not stop the water. this is exactly what I'm going to do once I have got a proper tool kit.

Great video thank you 🙏 done mine now the car is water free

Good Video Though Mate👌🏻

I’ve got a Vauxhall mareva design and got the same problem on drivers side

Hi There We discovered after buying my wife a new car it had a water leak, found out it's a common thing, searched RU-vid and came across your video, watched it several times, now the weather has warmed up I went about fixing her car, instructions were very helpful and easy to follow, it's been a few days now and yesterday we had rain nearly all day and it's fantastic news footwell bone dry, so a big thank you for your help, one of the reasons I watched your video a few time was because of the backing music, any chance you could let me know where I can purchase it. Regards Harry

thanx bro

Awesome, can't wait for more videos! Keep up the good work!

Great video gutted didnt notice floor wet before buying car for daughter not sure I'll be able to do this fix but thanks

Great video, only thing I'd say is put the battery back in before the plastic trim with it being such a small gap, thanks

Ive done lots of these, i usually use tiger seal and for an added protection i spray body under seal on top when the tiger seal has dried and set it gets in all the nuts and crannies ive had no comebacks at all. the most time consuming job on these is taking the carpet out and drying it, and those sound proofing mats at the front are a pain in the arse to dry, if anyone has any good ideas to dry them sound proofing mats out i want to here it lol there like a sponge.

Easy job. Good vid thanks

I got an Astra H and the drivers footwell was a swimming pool last week. No issue last year that I noticed. I cleared out debris like leaves from under the skuttle panel. Its had a new servo just before I got it last year. Wonder if I'm gonna have to do this for my Astra 😭

Hi mate I have a Vauxhall Cora that has a wet drivers foot well however the water is right near the seat and behind the pedals is dry. Would this be the same solution to do ? Many thanks

I like this channel ;)

Here's a little tip, warn the viewer that BEFORE you remove the car battery, check if you have a code for the vauxhall standard fit radio, otherwise they need to recode the radio, unless they have the code ?

A quick one when you pull the brake fluid res out do you have to bleed anything after?

Nice video mate 🤙 would love to see a follow up. I've done mine properly and still having slight issues I think it's maybe a door seal? Would love to see a detailed video on removing and drying out the carpets mate

Make no mistake, this is a bastard of a job! Had my servo out 3 times and it's still leaking somehow.

Fucking hell. The kettle and cup could do with a clean.

Good video lad. It's a hell of a job. I spent about 7 hrs to do a to z. Just a tip, I used plumbers gold, it dries in 4 hours and even underwater. General silicon has to cure in and dry in at least 2 days. And also install a brand new seal for the brake servo, only £4 from vauxhall dealers but it's worth every penny. Rest spot on. Btw, a lot of people will have problem when they put the brake light switch back inn 😁

My wife has an Agila 2012 with water inside. Think it would be the same issue ?

When are we going to see some new videos, it's been a very LONG time, I miss them.

Struggling to put the plastic parts back into place lol, ffs Good video non the less 🙌🏼

Hello guys, I did the same on my Corsa , but while removing the master cylinder the grey hose he said we shouldn't remove , deattached and the brake fluid went down, after I put everything back in its place and filling the cylinder with fluid , it appears that the brakes are constantly engaged , the pads are engaged with the discs even without pressing the brake pedal, will flushing the brakes help, or what should I do ?

Help! Followed the video to replace the seal but now ive got no breaks, was fine before any ideas? All connected ok, have tried the engine off push on pedal 10 times. Ohh and mine is Automatic if that makes a difference?

I've got a leak only in the rear passenger side footwell on my Corsa. Any ideas what it could be?

Turns out theres another leak , well not really a leak but the aircon pulls water out the air and it should drain out into the engine bay through an L shaped pipe which is kinda squished at the end if the pipes blocked you get wet carpets on the driver side again.

Hi James, a teabag wasted there lol! Brew it then put milk in, as tea dont brew as well in milk lol

My brake lights stay on and my brake pedal is stiff i can also hear a hissing noise by the brake servo after doing this... any ideas?

Hi mate just a quick question. I have a vauxhall corsa 1.0 ecoflex petrol 2014. My car starts up every time. But on a short distance when I turn off the engine & try to start it again it won't turn over. I've replaced the battery & the alternator. But still the same. What would you recommend?

Nice video i used car front window screen sealer summat call tiger sealer more stronger

Can you do that to my corsa, please? :) where is your garage based?

I had to do this on My combo the only thing is that I got the plate out that the servo is bolted to and sealed it with a none setting sealer that was 3 years ago no more wet floors

Why have i got a extra cable and connection on my accelerator , second time do this job yay

Is this C or B? I have same problem on my C. Rainy days, car sits for a while, i start moving and i get bucket of water on my legs. Not good.

How much it will coast to do this job?

Iv just done this on my Mrs corsa, all went well apart from the brake lights are on permanent now, any help? Cheers. Does the brake need bleeding some how? 🤔

I have seen far worse tea cups 😂😂, will be trying this out when we get a dry spell, main reason for message awesome track played in the background, who is it 👍👍👍

Hello. I have a situation. After doing the entire procedure, I just noticed that my brake booster starts losing vacum. Bad luck or coincidence?! 🙄

I'm looking for a decent spanner set. Would a set that has spanners from 6 to 14 and 17, 19 and 22 be enough working on a corsa ? I don't want to extra spanners later on.

Don’t bother doing it from the engine bay. Just pull up the carpet and use salient in front of the foot pedals and push it into the cut out section of bulkhead. Saves you loads of time and you have the carpet up for drying. Use a cord to hold up the carpet and air dry, with the doors open.

Does any air get into the brake system when you remove the brake servo?🤔 or at any point during the fix?