Reviews of OEM Audi water pump

I quite enjoyed our 2.7t, it was stock and trouble free for all 200,000km. Not a single coilpack, turbo, nothing, oil changes and a timing belt/water pump service at 160,000km.

Bought it in October, had it exactly 1 week, and the water pump blew. The dealer replaced it for free

I was topping up the coolant every month or so. Was advised I would need a new water pump, which I was expecting

Had to get water pump done on my A6 at 90000km / ~56000 miles. Was a couple years older than yours at the time, but still felt pretty low mileage to me.

going strong doing water pump and new oil pan right now. Tensioners were done as a precaution at 195k.

Water pump started leaking so replaced it, the thermostat, and the pcv. Oil changes 4k-5k. Love the car.

This time the shop foreman went through the car soup to nuts again, replaced a fuel rail connector, and the water pump.

2015 B9 A4 3.0TDI. Almost at 200k. Original waterpump and no issue in sight.

Just be aware that B9’s are subject to water pump failures which can lead to the engine overheating. For months (Since March) I’ve noticed a “Whistling noise” coming from the engine bay while driving. Took it in to get it looked at (non Audi dealer) and was told it was normal. Drove it and drove until one day the car told me I had no coolant… that’s odd. Go buy coolant and keep driving. Now the car overheats and spits out all the coolant. Now it’s making sense. Either a combination of bad TStat sensor & water pump or just bad water pump. The fact that it never told me the coolant was hot the first time is spit out all the coolant leads me to believe both components are bad.

Had mine replaced last month before it broke again. The component that failed was the gasket for me then the pump failed and wanted money.