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Water pump Saleri or OEM Volkswagen
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I replaced a perfectly functioning OE Saleri at 12 years/90,000 miles. I will stick with the OE Saleri even though it has the plastic impeller.
Pros: perfectly functioning, long lifespan
Cons: plastic impeller
Mileage: 144840 km
i replace with OE saleri pumps every so often and havent opted for a stewart pump.
Pros: reliable replacement
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
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
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
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
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
my 2018 (build date Aug 2018) had no head gasket issues, although the water pump leaked prematurely.
Cons: water pump leaked prematurely
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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
It’s a Vw water pump. It would have failed shortly after install anyway
Cons: poor reliability, fails quickly
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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