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Water pump OEM Toyota or OEM Volkswagen
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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
I’m driving a 98 Toyota Camry and just changed the water pump at 300k(which includes changing the timing belt).
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
Mileage: 300000 km
21 atlas with 120k here. No major issues. Just regular maintenance stuff. Replaced a leaky water pump with is a normal thing.
Pros: no major issues, regular maintenance
Cons: leaky water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 120000 km
Changed it at 9 years / 93k. Belt was still fine but the water pump started to leak so did the timing belt job at the same time. Also upgraded the water pump with one with a metal impeller
Pros: upgraded water pump
Cons: water pump started to leak
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 93000 km
I could smell coolant when my car was 6 months old. I was losing about 8 ounces a year. VW agreed to fix the water pump under warranty but I decided to wait. Five years later it hasn't gotten any worse.
Cons: smell of coolant
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
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
OEM. Went aftermarket 2 times in a year replacing that pump. Finally bit the bullet and paid for toyota part.
Pros: Toyota part
Cons: aftermarket failed
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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