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Pierberg all aluminium has been good in mine.
Pros: good performance
Been on my Pierburg full metal one a few years now, no complaints
Pros: no complaints, reliable
Pierburg ONLY for water pump, no other brand is good.
Pros: best brand
Vehicle:
BMW
with water pumps on e9x’s it’s Pierburg or bust.
Pros: high reliability, good quality
Vehicle:
BMW
If VW made the EA888 engine without a waterpump made of soft cheese.
I still bought one. But it would be good not to treat a waterpump as a regular service item.
Cons: waterpump made of soft cheese
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Waterpump leaking at 120km Belt was like new.
Pros: belt was like new
Cons: waterpump leaking
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 120 km
I have a 2010 VW Tiguan, it has almost 102,000 miles on it... The garage said to fix what probably is the water pump would be very costly, the water pump is buried in the car, he said removing parts would add more costs with brittle hoses, etc.
Cons: costly to fix, difficult to access, brittle hoses
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 102000 km
I got all aluminum Pierburg water pump to replace (working) VDO water pump. After putting everything back together, bleeding the system, I turned on the car, drove 40 miles with a couple on and off cycles and then shut it off for a couple of hours. I came back, started the car, I got the low coolant level warning, understandable, air escaped the system (I guess I didn't bleed it enough lol). Topped it off, drove 20 miles back home and then heating suddenly stopped working and coolant temp started rising. Went from 95 C to 100, then 105 and that's when I shut the car off, didn't want it to overheat. Ever since then, my pump works intermittently. I had a laptop set up next to me with INPA on today and drove close to the house to have the car ready for emissions (thank God!). After bleeding the system two more times yesterday it seemed like it was fine but while driving today, after maybe 20 minutes of driving, the pump stopped working and would not come back on again. It was like trying, the percentage rose to 30-35% and then back to zero immediately. Temperature went from 90 C to around 110 C rather quick obviously. Then out of nowhere, it started working again for a bit. Got close to the store I was going to, and it stopped working again. I was able to pull into the parking lot as it got to 120 C and got a yellow overheating warning. On my way back home from the store, the pump only started working again maybe 3 minutes from home, had to stop once and then turn off the car and keep rolling most of the way to not let it overheat. Also, there's no heating from the vents until I set it to 28 C but at the same time there's no movement from the pump in INPA.
Pros: aluminum pump, peace of mind
Cons: pump works intermittently, overheating
Vehicle:
BMW
I find it weird that the water pump went bad since i changed it about a year ago with a Pierburg water pump. Next morning my car started overheating. Tried bleeding the system and the pump wouldn’t engage.
Cons: pump went bad, car overheating, pump wouldn't engage
Vehicle:
BMW
I have no idea how there isn't a class action against VW for those shoddy waterpumps tho. Had to do it on my one and literally every VW owner I've spoken to has had it be a problem
Cons: shoddy quality, common problem
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