I'd recommend looking at an upgraded Pierburg water pump. None of the plastic bits & will save you from replacing it again in a few years.
Pros: no plastic parts, long-lasting
Vehicle:
BMW
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Have installed many pierburg Full alum cast pumps as well with good results. The Pierburgs are made in china FYI
Pros: good results
I went from that just up to the Pierburg ones and it was a night and day difference.
Pros: significant improvement, better performance
have a pierburg water pump, it’s holding up pretty well.
Pros: holding up well
The Pierburg pump is an all aluminum upgrade. I put one in a couple months ago. It works great, less prone to leaking and I have only ever read/heard good things about it. It is even a few dollars cheaper than the OE VDO pump.
Pros: works great, less prone to leaking, all aluminum
Pierburg. It’s literally exactly the same just no BMW logo.
Pros: exactly same as OEM
Vehicle:
BMW
However the pierburg shouldn't crack as it's all aluminum. That doesn't mean it'll last any longer. My original one (n54) failed at about 60k. Replaced with factory. Then replaced that one with pierburg as I was doing oil pan gasket and figured might as well since I'm in there at about 90k. The pierburg one failed at 10k miles (electronics jammed up somehow…I’m guessing some sort of freak surge or something as it’s a pretty simple design). Anyway replaced that with pierburg again and going strong albeit it’s only been 30k miles on the new one.
Pros: aluminum, shouldn't crack
Cons: electronics failed
Mileage: 60000 km
New parts should be in tomorrow (Pierburg pump). I'll update again after everything is back in! As a small detail, I noticed a brown seal-looking thing stuck in the impeller of the water pump (Continental, BMW logo. Probably factory) I am thinking the pump internally failed while spinning, and the internals took the hit and self-destructed. Hence the total BSD failure code. Just a guess though.
Cons: pump internally failed
Vehicle:
BMW
I find it weird that the water pump went bad since i changed it about a year ago with a Pierburg water pump. Next morning my car started overheating. Tried bleeding the system and the pump wouldn’t engage.
Cons: pump went bad, car overheating, pump wouldn't engage
Vehicle:
BMW
I would get a vdo/continental water pump. I’ve bought the all aluminum water pump from pierburg and it died in about 800 miles.
Cons: died in 800 miles
Mileage: 800 km
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