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Water pump OEM BMW or Saleri
A 525tds was my first car. Only ever had two problems with it. Heater fuse kept blowing- turned out the previous owners install of the head unit used eletrical tape which over time lead to a cable shorting out on the din cage. Water pump died - oem impeller was plastic. The replacement was metal
Pros: reliable, metal impeller replacement
Cons: heater fuse blowing, plastic impeller
Vehicle:
BMW
I replaced a perfectly functioning OE Saleri at 12 years/90,000 miles. I will stick with the OE Saleri even though it has the plastic impeller.
Pros: perfectly functioning, long lifespan
Cons: plastic impeller
Mileage: 144840 km
i replace with OE saleri pumps every so often and havent opted for a stewart pump.
Pros: reliable replacement
153k miles on my original WP. Still going strong too.
Pros: still going strong
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 246230 km
Has 137,000 miles on it original water pump. Still good to be used but don’t know when she’ll crap out. Very impressed that I lasted this long.
Pros: lasted very long
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 220477 km
Saleri is what I put in. No issues about a year in.
Pros: no issues
Buy the M340i new and prepay your services. Great on gas but insurances and tires have been expensive. Water pump blew at 48k.
Pros: great on gas
Cons: expensive tires, high insurance
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 77249 km
I had a Saleri pump. I changed it at 100,000 in 2013 and bearing was good at around 145,000 in 2021. I inspected it with a camera. It appeared to be leaking at the gasket.
Pros: bearing was good
Cons: leaking at the gasket
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Mileage: 145000 km
The Saleri started leaking at the shaft so it wasn't an issue with the gasket. The Saleri had a plastic impeller while the OE had a metal impeller.
Pros: metal impeller OE
Cons: plastic impeller, leaking shaft
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
The water pump had a micro leak that would spray coolant on the air box. Never enough to make me want to go through the trouble of replacing it.
Cons: micro leak, coolant top-up
Vehicle:
BMW Z4
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