I have had very good experiences with the NEW Gates pumps and they make a replacement tube as well. I have installed them in 17 4.0 engines over the last 4 years and had no comeback failures.
Pros: very good experiences, no failures
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I have a Gates part with a plastic impeller in my car now and it's been attached to that motor since late 2015 with no issues when it was in my e34 and isn't showing any issues now in my E30.
Pros: long lasting, no issues
Vehicle:
BMW
I have seen early failure with the Gates water pump and wont use them.
Cons: early failure
Don't use Gates water pumps.
Cons: poor quality
Vehicle:
Honda Odyssey
But do NOT use gates water pumps, they are junk.
Cons: poor quality, junk
A gates timing belt kit for a Honda will have OE parts as Gates is a OE supplier for Honda. Except for the water pump./ Gates water pump are garbage so NEVER use a gates water pump if its driven by the timing belt.
Pros: OE supplier for Honda
Cons: water pump are garbage
Vehicle:
Honda
Gates is not a decent brand when it comes to most water pumps. Their belts are great, but their pumps I do not use for most cars.
Cons: not a decent brand
Gates all the way. I have just a basic timing kit and water pump and i auto-x mine in the summer. Haven't had a single little problem so far.
Pros: no problems so far
From my experience I have never had good luck with the metal impeller ones. The impellers won't break but the weight is too heavy for the shaft and the shaft ends up breaking and just free spinning. I've used 2-3 metal ones before (I am almost positive at least one of them was a gates brand) and they have all failed within 30k or less miles.
Pros: impellers won't break
Cons: shaft ends up breaking
Mileage: 30000 km
I ended up keeping the gates kit, I've put about 8k miles on it so far.
Pros: 8k miles so far
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Mileage: 12875 km
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