I put a gates on my 2005 in August. No issues so far.
I got a metal impeller gates and I’ve been beating on it for five years or more without any hiccups.
Graf & Hepu brand water pumps are both metal impeller high quality oem suppliers
I also used a kit from FCP Euro about 8 years ago and it included a HEPU water pump that worked fine for 7 years until I dismantled that car.
I used a gates water pump on mine and have had no issues
I went with a gates.
During COVID, that water pump was on backorder from Ford so I used one from Gates. I guess Gates had a bad batch and 2 of their's failed in the span of less than a year.
The only one to really avoid out of the 5 choices on Rockauto is the Gates, because of the cheap stamped impeller. Personally, I would not go with an aluminum pump body in this application, but that's just my opinion after working on vehicles for a living for 45+ years.
I used a Gates pump the first time and it leaked. I uninstalled it, cleaned everything up, regreased all the seals, and reinstalled it it... still leaked. Turns out the Gates water pumps for the ecodiesel are just garbage.
I have Gates start leaking within 10k of installation.
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In March 2026 on PartReview, water pump Hepu were overall better than Gates.
Water pump Gates and Hepu were equally popular according to data in March 2026.
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