Owner reviews for water pump

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

Great if taken care of!

I have a 2016 Golf 5MT, 160k mi now. It's been tuned for 120k and only major issue I've had is the original water pump went out last spring at approx. 140k.

Trust me, I've been through that mistake before. Definitely replace it & definitely go with genuine Subaru water pump not a kit 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.

Aisin. The bearings in the idlers are better, the tensioner is better, and the water pump wont fail on you in 20k miles.

It happens. I’ve had maybe 3-4 do this out of probably 300 we’ve changed at the shop. Once was a pierburg but the rest were autozone duralast etc.

Gates pump on my Chevy 5.3 lasted a year and half. That's bullshit.

Installed a Gates water pump on a Toyota Rav4 with a V6. Needed it now and couldn't wait for an OEM or Aisin one from Rockauto. I should have waited because this pump didn't last two months before pissing coolant.

Gates water pumps failed on both my friend's Toyota Echo and my Sienna, his after under a year and mine in about 2 years. Less than 3,000 miles on my Sienna since pump was changed. Ugh. The labor cost, of course, is the bee-atch, more than the pump cost, of course.

Ridex ist Müll out of the box. Grade bei so Sachen wie Wapu, die aufwändig zu tauschen sind, absolut Finger weg.