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Irregardless of what route you go, just make sure your water pump has a metal impeller and not a plastic one. The plastic one (factory on many VW) chips off and degrades over time causing all kinds of cooling issues.
Pros: metal impeller
Cons: plastic one chips off
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Turned out to be the water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
water pump should be changed to metal impeller version at the time of timing belt change
Pros: metal impeller version
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
If your water pump is shot or going you will notice that your car is going to run hotter than ever. If you continuously see that you are overheating this could be the result of a bad water pump. I had to replace my water pump @ 25K when the original pump was removed the plastic impeller inside came out in about 4 pieces. It was completly fubar..
Pros: car runs hotter
Cons: plastic impeller broke
Mileage: 25000 km
Had the first water pump replaced 02/13. The coolant warning light went on this week so I made an appointment with my dealer. 25k and on the 2nd replacement water pump.
Pros: got a loaner car
Cons: coolant warning light, 2nd replacement
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 25000 km
I just had my secondary water pump replaced a month ago. Yesterday I found a huge puddle of coolant in my driveway. Off to the VW dealer again. This time it's the water pump.
Cons: huge puddle of coolant
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I've a 2012 GTI with just over 9K miles on it that had a water pump leak on me yesterday. Took to dealer and got it back this afternoon. I live 2 miles from the dealer and drove home no problem. On the way to my parents 40th wedding anniversary dinner this evening no more than another 2 miles after I left home it had another major leak happen. The coolant reservoir had completely cracked and I had coolant all over my engine compartment.
Pros: drove home no problem
Cons: water pump leak, coolant cracked
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 9000 km
went in for my 20k maintenance/service on my 2011 GTI, Waterpump was shot, replaced free of charge but leaves me worried...
Pros: replaced free of charge
Cons: water pump was shot
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 20000 km
My water pump just needed replacement as well. I didn't have any visible or audible signs besides the low coolant level alert. The dealer said that this has been a fairly common issue but there is still no recall.
Pros: no visible signs
Cons: low coolant level, common issue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 13000 km
Just got a call from the dealer. Water pump is leaking coolant.
Pros: covered under warranty
Cons: leaking coolant
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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