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Excellent time to learn to do it yourself and buy a $65 water pump and timing belt kit. Dirty cheap for the miata. Just find a kit with a GMB water pump and a name brand belt.
Pros: dirty cheap
Vehicle:
Mazda
mango_springroll said: I got the DD version from a local dealership that sells parts on Ebay, installed no issue.
Pros: installed no issue
id buy the whole water pump, because you dont know exactly where the leak is. i did mine over the winter and in my case one of the inlets cracked badly. I bought this part: 06J-121-026-BG, and even though it had a sensor on one of the coolant outlet pipes, I didnt plug anything in it and its been fine.
Pros: inlets cracked badly, sensor fine
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Part number: 06J-121-026-BG
Mine started leaking last night. Took it to the dealership this morning and just got the call that they installed a new water pump under a recall. No charge.
Pros: new water pump, no charge
Cons: started leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 58000 km
I’ve had my car for over 5 years now and currently have 140k miles, and my water pump just recently failed me. Which is surprising because my car did lose a little bit of coolant over time, I would always top off with G13. Water pump failed and it’s currently being replaced, other than that, I think that’s fair for age and mileage.
Pros: long lifespan (140k miles)
Cons: water pump failed
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 225308 km
VW water pumps have been faulty for decades with no correction for them in site, and carbon buildup will happen *no matter what.*
Cons: faulty for decades
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I’m on #4, but luckily all were replaced under warranty. Most recent was in 2019 when supposedly they had finally found and fixed the issue (not sure what ended up being the cause)
One of them hadn’t even failed yet, and they replaced it under recall since a new revision had come out
Pros: replaced under warranty
Cons: frequent failures, multiple replacements
My mk6 went through THREE water pumps. All covered under warranty because a class action lawsuit forced VW to extend the coverage period several years, but still a pain in the ass. What's frustrating is that VW kept replacing them with the same faulty pump instead of addressing the problem and redesigning it.
Cons: frequent failures, faulty design, pain to replace
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have a MK6 and a MK7 and they both suffer the same crappy design. Making a water pump primarily out of plastic is just a bad idea. My MK6 is on at least it's third water pump at a little over 100k miles.
Cons: crappy design, plastic parts, poor reliability
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 160000 km
metal impellers definetely can eff up your setup. I had one on my 2.0 jetta. and it completely froze, and caused me to overheat, which killed my headgasket. The engine never fully recovered from that.
Cons: overheat, killed headgasket
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
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