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Water pump Gates or Saleri
Get a Gates water pump. Good quality part for a good price.
Pros: good quality, good price
Vehicle:
Mazda
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
Water pumps, I tend to stick with OEM now. Gates used to be great but has gone down hill imo.
Pros: stick with OEM
Cons: Gates gone downhill
I bought a saleri water pump with plans to install it myself. When I realized the job would be a little harder than I expected I decided to take it to a shop to install. They just sent me a report saying that they installed the saleri and it “was not within the tolerances for the spec” and it began “leaking immediately”. There solution is to order me a graf water pump which they describe as a “reputable” brand which insinuates that I brought them a water pump worse than a graf which from my research doesn’t seem to be true. I’m a little frustrated as they are billing me $400 extra to buy and install the Graf when I thought the saleri one should’ve been fine.
Cons: not within tolerances, leaking immediately
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
Gates is crap. Bought their water pump and it failed less than a year and leaked the whole time.
Cons: failed quickly, leaked constantly
Mine broke in less than 500 miles and their replacement broke too (which I paid for till I returned them the faulty one back) in less than 500 miles on an Audi A1. Now they have my money for 2 water pumps and I paid for labour costs of replacing twice, and waiting for a refund decision for more than a month. AVOID!!!
Cons: broke quickly, replacement broke, costly labor, refund delay
Vehicle:
Audi A1
Mileage: 805 km
Don’t use a Gates kit or if you do purchase the Gates kit without the water pump and get a different brand water pump. Gates water pumps have an enormously high failure rate in the last several years and it sucks to have to do the job twice.
Cons: high failure rate, job twice
Vehicle:
Subaru Impreza
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