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I have a 2013 GTI on the original water pump at 100k miles.
Pros: original, high mileage
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 160934 km
I have a 2016 GTI. A little over 50,000 miles on it. No issues yet.
Pros: no issues at 50,000 miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 80467 km
I'm rocking 110k miles on the original pump here on a 2015.
Pros: 110k miles on original
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 177027 km
2019 atlas (built 11/18) it had the water pump dine around 60k, nothing else engine wise, just rolled 95k.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 60000 km
There was only a slight oil residue on top of old water pump and none inside or near the pumps gaskets. No cracks in the plastic housing were found anywhere on the old pump.
Pros: none
Cons: slight oil residue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 98000 km
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
The 3.5 5th generation Explorer has an internal water pump driven by the timing chain. It’s an enormous pain to change requiring significant disassembly (nearly 12 hours of labor) and generally includes replacing the timing chain in the process since you’re already in there, plus when it fails it can easily mix the coolant with the oil and destroy the engine, all that’s keeping them apart is a little seal.
Cons: internal pump, difficult to change, engine damage risk
Vehicle:
Ford Explorer
Fuckt this shit why can’t VW the fix the root cause of the problem which is the goddamn shitty plastic waterpump?
Cons: poor plastic quality
Our 2017 Polo, 85km, had a water pump replaced by dealer a couple of years ago.
$1600. Had a heart attack.
Cons: expensive repair
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Polo
Mileage: 85 km
As a mechanic who used to work on these cars daily, it really depends if you're willing to fork out the amount that's due every couple of years, the water pumps on vw/Audi/ Porsche and mercs are always prone to fail within a couple of years even if you go aftermarket.
Cons: water pumps prone to fail
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