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I have a 2011 it has 125K miles stage 2 tuned still running the original water pump....
Pros: original pump durable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 125000 km
OEM ones with version letters later than, IIRC, M at the end of the number and certainly all the later double letter ones have no issues.
Pros: no issues, reliable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
Water pump you will want to raise the engine to gain access to the water pump. I suggest you use a metal impeller replacement and not a plastic one like the factory original.
Pros: metal impeller replacement
Cons: plastic factory original
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
Me and various others I know have used GMB water pumps before with no issues.
Pros: no issues
If VW made the EA888 engine without a waterpump made of soft cheese.
I still bought one. But it would be good not to treat a waterpump as a regular service item.
Cons: waterpump made of soft cheese
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Waterpump leaking at 120km Belt was like new.
Pros: belt was like new
Cons: waterpump leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 120 km
my 2018 (build date Aug 2018) had no head gasket issues, although the water pump leaked prematurely.
Cons: water pump leaked prematurely
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My water pump broke the first time 23k miles ago. Another one just went out on me. I’m 1 month past the 8 years and only at 72k miles.
Cons: broke, went out again
Mileage: 72000 km
It’s a Vw water pump. It would have failed shortly after install anyway
Cons: poor reliability, fails quickly
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Had a 2016 GTI and went through two water pumps before the car hit 90k miles. Both covered under the extended warranty VW has on them. They’re a known failure part at this point.
Cons: two failures, known failure part
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 90000 km
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