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Water pump Gates or GMB
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
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 their water pump on my Rx7, it's been A-Okay for over 3 years.
Pros: A-Okay for years
Vehicle:
Mazda
Excellent time to learn to do it yourself and buy a $65 water pump and timing belt kit. Dirty cheap for the miata. Just find a kit with a GMB water pump and a name brand belt.
Pros: dirty cheap
Vehicle:
Mazda
Melling and Aisin are both premium WPs. Airtex is pretty good. GMB is ok.
Pros: ok quality
I bought a Gates water pump off Amazon thinking I could go with a name I trust. Impeller grenaded after 5 months and less than 6k driven.
Pros: trusted brand initially
Cons: failed quickly
Mileage: 6000 km
Installed this GATES water pump 5k miles ago…. Pully seems wobbly as fuck, safe to assume it’s already going out? gonna have to find a better brand
Cons: pulley wobbly, premature failure
Mileage: 8047 km
I put in a GMB in my '02 two years ago, and it's leaking already.
Cons: leaking, short lifespan
Vehicle:
BMW
I had a gates kit on my Subaru and the water pump failed and leaked after less than 1000 miles.
Cons: failed and leaked, short lifespan
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 1000 km
The water pumps i’ve seen leak a few times on the v6 hondas.
Cons: leak a few times
Vehicle:
Honda
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