Reviews of Gates water pump

Gates waterpump broke in 2, the base is still mated to the block with all the bolts in-tact

I only use gates kits on any HDI I work on. Out around 30 fitted to friends and family cars I had one water pump bearing fail after 4 months they changed it with no issues but as it was a home fit not garage no labour cost offered no other issues.

Did hear Gates did have a bad batch of 2.0 Blue HDI OEM water pumps with impellers coming loose

Gates water pumps have been going downhill. I bought one for a Toyota Rav4 v6 and it started leaking after two months of service.

The new Gates water pump installed last month started leaking. I have only driven around 1000km. Does this happen a lot for Gates pumps?

Had gates on my 06. PITA to replace but never failed, good gasket, ok bearing.

Years ago I would use the Gates kit on my 03 Evo with no issue, but a few years back I had a failure (from a different component) after 19k miles and the Gates pump was weeping when I removed it. The shop I use also doesn’t recommend them either so I go OEM for the water pump anymore.

water pump failed at 101,000. Shop replaced under warranty. That next one failed at 110,000. Took a little work since shop changed owners but got the the water pump replaced at no cost. Shop said the two bad ones were Gates

I had nothing but problems with Gates water pumps in my 4Runner - they would always start leaking profusely from the weep hole after a few days of use. Replaced it three times under warranty

I used a Gates kit which seemed good quality and included a water pump, tensioner and idler pulleys.

I used a Gates kit for the timing belt change and the cheap Chinese water pump water seal failed in 2 years.