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Water pump Pierburg or OEM Volkswagen
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Get a pierburg if you can for the water pump. They’re more OEM than Mehle is for water pumps even though both are OE manufacturers.
Pros: more OEM
For me, the Golf is one of the best all-around vehicles on the market today, offering a very reasonable price point for its capabilities. I have taken my Rs to the track one day and then embarked on a 4,000 km road trip the next. I put over 100,000km on my first R (Mk7) in under a year. It saw the drag strip every Tuesday, AutoX events every Wednesday and Saturday, and HPDEs once a month. The only maintenance issues I had were a water pump replacement at 110,000km and a faulty driver's side window switch at 40,000km. Outside of that, the car didn\u2019t miss a beat.
Pros: reasonable price, great capabilities
Cons: water pump replacement, faulty switch
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 100000 km
I have a 2011 it has 125K miles stage 2 tuned still running the original water pump....
Pros: original pump durable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 125000 km
OEM ones with version letters later than, IIRC, M at the end of the number and certainly all the later double letter ones have no issues.
Pros: no issues, reliable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
I've had my 2010 GTI for about a year now. I've taken it from 103k to 109k, Only issues have been plastic hoses and the water pump. Other than that its been totally fine.
Pros: mostly fine
Cons: plastic hoses, water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 109000 km
We've had a 2009 GTI since new and now has 110k. In the last 16 years, we've replaced 2 water pumps, one dsg mech unit (under warranty), abs unit, pcv valve, rear main seal and in the past year, timing chain and guides as preventative maintenance.
Pros: preventative maintenance
Cons: replaced water pumps, abs unit
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 110000 km
2018 fatlas here. 3.6L 87000km on my second water pump.
Cons: second water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 87000 km
My 16’ mk7 is showing some age, and it is in the shop now for water pump & thermostat (leaks unfortunately at 95k mi, original pump).
Cons: original pump leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 95000 km
Honestly, personally I wouldn't get a Pierburg. Got one, the all aluminum one and it failed right away, first day of driving. It was hard to push in the plug as well. And they are made in China these days, cheaply made it seems.
Cons: failed immediately, difficult plug, cheaply made
I changed the water pump on my e92 335i N54 2008 after it left me stranded 6 months ago. Approximately 2-3 months later, the car started running out of battery intermittently. At first it was once every month, then every 2 weeks, now it is every week. I've narrowed it down to the water pump staying on when I shut the car off, even when cold. The old water pump did this exact same thing before leaving me stranded. Both the old and new pumps are the all-aluminum Pierburg. I tried running the water pump test procedure with ISTA right after the pump kept running (after shutting down the car) and ISTA couldn't communicate with the pump. However, it did let me run other procedures, so that was not the problem. After letting the car sit down for 30 mins, ISTA was able to communicate with the pump and run the procedures. I have absolutely NO codes. My car does NOT have an IBS sensor, so that is not the problem. If I open a door, unlock the car, etc., the pump stops running. I'm about to purchase a new pump because I have troubleshot everything I could think of, but I can't imagine this brand new Pierburg pump is failing so prematurely (less than 5k kms).
Cons: premature failure, battery drain, pump stays on
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 5000 km
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