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Water pump Saleri or Pierburg
My car had a Pierburg on it for over 100k miles and 12 years. It still worked great before I replaced it out of caution.
Pros: long lasting, worked great
Mileage: 160934 km
Saleri is what I put in. No issues about a year in.
Pros: no issues
I went with the all metal Pierberg pump for my E90, with an N54. The problem with the plastic is that it gets brittle due to thermo cycling, and that is s problem for all of the plastic parts in these engines (valve cover, radiator, expansion tank etc etc). I probably only have 10-15k km on this one so far, but no problems to report and some very long driving days.
Pros: no problems to report
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 15000 km
I got a saleri installation was very easy and it spun nice.
Pros: easy installation, spun nice
Vehicle:
BMW
The all metal pierburg water pumps last longer than the plastic ones.
Pros: longer lasting
I'd recommend looking at an upgraded Pierburg water pump. None of the plastic bits & will save you from replacing it again in a few years.
Pros: no plastic parts, long-lasting
Vehicle:
BMW
Pierburg water pumps are known to be good for about 60-80k, which is the usual time they fail (they either leak or the electronics inside fail).
Pros: reliable for 60-80k
Cons: prone to leak/electronics fail
Vehicle:
BMW
However the pierburg shouldn't crack as it's all aluminum. That doesn't mean it'll last any longer. My original one (n54) failed at about 60k. Replaced with factory. Then replaced that one with pierburg as I was doing oil pan gasket and figured might as well since I'm in there at about 90k. The pierburg one failed at 10k miles (electronics jammed up somehow…I’m guessing some sort of freak surge or something as it’s a pretty simple design). Anyway replaced that with pierburg again and going strong albeit it’s only been 30k miles on the new one.
Pros: aluminum, shouldn't crack
Cons: electronics failed
Mileage: 60000 km
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 would get a vdo/continental water pump. I’ve bought the all aluminum water pump from pierburg and it died in about 800 miles.
Cons: died in 800 miles
Mileage: 800 km
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