I always use Premium Thermostats, which are billed to fail open. Gates or Stant are my favorite brands.
Pros: fail open
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3.5
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#142
189
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8
Country
USA
Website
ww2.gates.com
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I usually end up with Gates or AC Delco.
Pros: reliable brands
Can't go wrong with a Gates pump.
Pros: OE on many cars
Pentru o japoneza as alege Gates.
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Gates make a decent one. Can confirm as I did this job 12 months ago and just checked my receipt. Has done 20,000km since with no worries.
Pros: decent quality, no worries
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
Mileage: 20000 km
Part number: 6PK1590
I've been using a Gates belt on my weekend toy for the past 5,000 hard, abusive miles with no catastrophic failure. I did have their water pump fail internally in under 1,000 miles. Replaced with Subaru OEM.
Pros: no catastrophic failure
Cons: water pump failed internally
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 5000 km
It’s a garbage unit, mine started to weep out from the hole after less than 1500kms. Warranty claim seems extra complicated to deter people from using it too
Cons: garbage unit, weeping from hole, complicated warranty
Mileage: 1500 km
Gates waterpump broke in 2, the base is still mated to the block with all the bolts in-tact
Cons: catastrophic failure
I've had gates belts do that in 20k.
Cons: premature failure, short lifespan
Mileage: 20000 km
Gates water pumps have been going downhill. I bought one for a Toyota Rav4 v6 and it started leaking after two months of service.
Cons: started leaking, going downhill
Vehicle:
Toyota
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