Water pump Saleri or OEM Volkswagen
I have a 2013 GTI on the original water pump at 100k miles.
I have a 2016 GTI. A little over 50,000 miles on it. No issues yet.
I'm rocking 110k miles on the original pump here on a 2015.
I have no issues. Mines a 2017 with 86k miles (used to do only highway for 4 years).
You'll need to keep an eye on the coolant bottle level, the water pump has been known to leak and need replacement.
2 water pumps (both under warranty) 3rd one it's on..so far so good. Those repairs cost me nothing.
My 35K miles 2021 GTI has been loosing coolant for a few months now.
When doing your own maintenance, a problem may arise in the event of a recall. My application under the water pump recall for my previous Tiguan (1st Gen - PQ) was denied even though it was replaced at a VW dealer because I did not show "convincing evidence" of having followed the scheduled coolant maintenance despite including my aftermarket receipts with miles and dates.
2012 Jetta GLI - 94K miles (I bought at 50K). Two water pumps, one heater core, and carbonized valves. Not my best experience.
I bought a saleri water pump with plans to install it myself. When I realized the job would be a little harder than I expected I decided to take it to a shop to install. They just sent me a report saying that they installed the saleri and it “was not within the tolerances for the spec” and it began “leaking immediately”. There solution is to order me a graf water pump which they describe as a “reputable” brand which insinuates that I brought them a water pump worse than a graf which from my research doesn’t seem to be true. I’m a little frustrated as they are billing me $400 extra to buy and install the Graf when I thought the saleri one should’ve been fine.
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