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Water pump Gates or OEM BMW
153k miles on my original WP. Still going strong too.
Pros: still going strong
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 246230 km
Has 137,000 miles on it original water pump. Still good to be used but don’t know when she’ll crap out. Very impressed that I lasted this long.
Pros: lasted very long
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 220477 km
Had gates on my 06. PITA to replace but never failed, good gasket, ok bearing.
Pros: good gasket, never failed
Cons: PITA to replace, ok bearing
Vehicle:
Acura RSX
I would STRONGLY recommend you to buy ONLY a BMW stamped WP. I learned my lesson the hard way and want to help you avoid my mistakes. The main thing that fails in electric water pumps is the electronics, and the ones not stamped with a BMW logo often have these issues.
Pros: reliable, avoids electronics issues
We used to install gates pump and belt kits, but saw too many leaking water pumps well before they were due for another belt. Switched to aisin kits and haven't had a problem.
Pros: no problems with Aisin
Cons: leaking water pumps
I went with Gates. My oem pump on my Mazda CX9 failed at 90k.... The bearing failed and the amount of bearing material in the housing was crazy.
Cons: bearing failed, crazy material
Vehicle:
Mazda
Mileage: 90000 km
Their water pump especially is garbage.
Cons: water pump is garbage
I use the aisin kit or oem honda. I’ve had the tensioners in the dayco kits fail, and the water pumps in the gates kits fail
Cons: water pumps fail
Mines literally the same story as yours. It’s leaking out the weephole after about a month, less than 1500kms install. Their warranty claim procedure looks as complicated as it can get too
Cons: leaking out weephole, complicated warranty
Mileage: 1500 km
It’s a garbage unit, mine started to weep out from the hole after less than 1500kms. Warranty claim seems extra complicated to deter people from using it too
Cons: garbage unit, weeping from hole, complicated warranty
Mileage: 1500 km
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