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Water pump OEM FORD or GMB
I replaced both mine and my dad's with GMB. Mechanic recommend it too. So far so good.
Pros: good performance
I have their water pump on my Rx7, it's been A-Okay for over 3 years.
Pros: A-Okay for years
Vehicle:
Mazda
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
I've used GMB some 10+ years ago. They were made in Japan and came with a lifetime warranty.
Pros: lifetime warranty, made in Japan
Melling and Aisin are both premium WPs. Airtex is pretty good. GMB is ok.
Pros: ok quality
I had the same issue with the same Ford motor 3.7 in my Mazda Cx9, it is internal water pump
Cons: internal pump issue
Vehicle:
Mazda
I had one go bad on my Ford flex... The pump is inside the timing chain cover. Most places have to drop the engine, I got lucky and the place I went the guy was able to do it without removing the engine.
Cons: pump went bad, difficult to access
Vehicle:
Ford
The 3.5 engine is garage with this design. Had an Edge from new and out 150,000 miles on it in 13 years. I was always dreading this failure and luckily dodged it before selling it.
Cons: poor design, dreaded failure
Vehicle:
Ford
Awful design by Ford to put the water pump inside the engine. I almost bought one of these used a few years ago, but backed out after reading about 3-4k jobs to replace a water pump at 180-100k miles.
Cons: awful design, expensive replacement
Vehicle:
Ford
Pretty sure this is the motor that needs the engine dropped to do waterpump and timing components. Bad bad design
Cons: bad design, engine removal needed
Vehicle:
Ford
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