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I’m driving a 98 Toyota Camry and just changed the water pump at 300k(which includes changing the timing belt).
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
Mileage: 300000 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
Toyota / Lexus hybrids are bulletproof if taken care of. My 2007 Toyota Prius was bulletproof. The only thing that went bad was water pump at 192000 miles.
Pros: bulletproof if taken care
Cons: water pump went bad
Vehicle:
Toyota Prius
Mileage: 192000 km
My Tundra was awesome, but guzzled fuel and I drive like an old grandpa. 13-14 mpg is expected. Also, Tundras are fairly expensive to maintain compared to Ford. My water pump went out and it was about $1k to get fixed.
Pros: Tundra was awesome
Cons: guzzled fuel, expensive maintain
Vehicle:
Toyota Tundra
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
Gates waterpump broke in 2, the base is still mated to the block with all the bolts in-tact
Cons: catastrophic failure
Gates water pumps have been going downhill. I bought one for a Toyota Rav4 v6 and it started leaking after two months of service.
Cons: started leaking, going downhill
Vehicle:
Toyota
The new Gates water pump installed last month started leaking. I have only driven around 1000km. Does this happen a lot for Gates pumps?
Cons: started leaking
Mileage: 1000 km
Years ago I would use the Gates kit on my 03 Evo with no issue, but a few years back I had a failure (from a different component) after 19k miles and the Gates pump was weeping when I removed it. The shop I use also doesn’t recommend them either so I go OEM for the water pump anymore.
Cons: weeping when removed, shop doesn't recommend
Vehicle:
Mitsubishi Lancer
Mileage: 30577 km
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