I used a Gates kit which seemed good quality and included a water pump, tensioner and idler pulleys.
Pros: good quality
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Great if taken care of!
I have a 2016 Golf 5MT, 160k mi now. It's been tuned for 120k and only major issue I've had is the original water pump went out last spring at approx. 140k.
Pros: great if taken care
Cons: water pump went out
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 257495 km
Trust me, I've been through that mistake before. Definitely replace it & definitely go with genuine Subaru water pump not a kit pump.
Pros: reliable, genuine quality
Cons: regret using others
I quite enjoyed our 2.7t, it was stock and trouble free for all 200,000km. Not a single coilpack, turbo, nothing, oil changes and a timing belt/water pump service at 160,000km.
Pros: trouble free
Mileage: 200000 km
Aisin. The bearings in the idlers are better, the tensioner is better, and the water pump wont fail on you in 20k miles.
Pros: better bearings, tensioner
Cons: water pump fails
Mileage: 20000 km
It happens. I’ve had maybe 3-4 do this out of probably 300 we’ve changed at the shop. Once was a pierburg but the rest were autozone duralast etc.
Pros: warranty may cover labor
Cons: pump may fail quickly
Vehicle:
BMW
Gates pump on my Chevy 5.3 lasted a year and half. That's bullshit.
Cons: lasted a year and half
Vehicle:
Chevrolet
Installed a Gates water pump on a Toyota Rav4 with a V6. Needed it now and couldn't wait for an OEM or Aisin one from Rockauto. I should have waited because this pump didn't last two months before pissing coolant.
Cons: didn't last two months
Vehicle:
Toyota
Gates water pumps failed on both my friend's Toyota Echo and my Sienna, his after under a year and mine in about 2 years. Less than 3,000 miles on my Sienna since pump was changed. Ugh. The labor cost, of course, is the bee-atch, more than the pump cost, of course.
Cons: pumps failed, high labor cost
Vehicle:
Toyota Sienna
Mileage: 4828 km
Ridex ist Müll out of the box. Grade bei so Sachen wie Wapu, die aufwändig zu tauschen sind, absolut Finger weg.
Cons: schlechte Qualität, aufwändiger Tausch
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