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My original water pump lasted 115,000 miles. I saw the fluid levels subside over the years, but never actual signs of a leak. Eventually, the leak became obvious enough to diagnose.
Pros: lasted 115,000 miles
Cons: eventually started leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 185074 km
Mine was still going at 123k. I did have a shadow code (2E85) but that had been there for years. I decided to replace it out of caution and. Now have about 10k on the new one.
Cons: shadow code for years
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 10000 km
Just wanted to follow up. Took it the dealer. Later that day, they diagnosed the water pump failure, got my green light for repair under CPO warranty (with $50 deductible), and by the end of the same day the car was treated to a new thermostat/water pump. They recycled the coolant they drained and topped it off - a flush would have been extra. Service advisor said they pressure tested everything when I asked about the cap and everything passed. Let's hope this holds up!
Pros: new water pump installed
Cons: coolant recycled
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
My 2017 GTI SE also had a slight coolant smell but no visible leaks on the garage floor. When I brought it in for the 40K mile DSG transmission fluid service a couple of months ago, my dealer detected the leak from a defective water pump and replaced it under warranty.
Pros: replaced under warranty
Cons: slight coolant smell
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 64373 km
Waterpump. There's no way to visually inspect the WP without removing it.. Which would basically be a timing belt job. Pull the pump, I bet it's missing plastic.
Pros: missing plastic
Cons: no visual inspection
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Generally the OEM plastic water pump only lasts as long as the timing belt interval. I wouldn't rule it out since the overflow water you might be seeing could just be water which is expanding or boiling as you increase the engine speed.
Pros: lasts timing belt interval
Cons: plastic water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
2012 Jetta GLI - 94K miles (I bought at 50K). Two water pumps, one heater core, and carbonized valves. Not my best experience.
Cons: carbonized valves, heater core
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 151277 km
IDK - I was at 160K or so miles when I sold my '11 Tiguan. Sure, it ate a water pump, had the first gen timing chain tensioner replaced, needed cv axles, had a stuck fuel injector, lost an intake manifold, blew a turbo diaphragm, destroyed its engine mount bushings, struts and shocks went bad, needed seat covers replaced because they cracked and split and needed new tires every 25K or so...
Cons: ate a water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 257495 km
The tech noticed the water pump was leaking slightly. All got repaired under VW warranty which was lucky as it was around £1800 otherwise I think. Anyway, the weird thing is the car always lost coolant from new - it would drop to the min level, but they couldn't find a fault when I mentioned it until they physically found the water pump leaking after 4 years and 40k miles. I think the pump is plastic which may not be ideal.
Cons: leaking, plastic construction
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 64374 km
VW TSI water pump: garbage.
Cons: garbage quality
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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