Owner reviews for water pump

Pierburg. It’s literally exactly the same just no BMW logo.

Pierburg is the OEM maker of the BMW water pump. Spending the extra for the BMW is ridiculous when they are 100% the same exact same pump from the same company from the same factory.

In the end he put one made by INA, priced at about $60, and I haven't experienced a problem yet, been about 2 months in already.

My next car I got a Hepu pump, which FCP lists as an OEM supplier. The impeller is plastic (or composite, I don't remember), but overall the part is so much nicer.

Yeah I bought the water pump assembly from the dealer that came with the thermostat installed.

If excluding Mopar then I would look at ACDelco, Gates or Dayco.

I think I'll just grab a GRAF 30mm unit and compare unless someone has good info on brand quality/fitment.

The current EA888 has a reputation for leaky water pumps.

Don’t use a Gates kit or if you do purchase the Gates kit without the water pump and get a different brand water pump. Gates water pumps have an enormously high failure rate in the last several years and it sucks to have to do the job twice.

Got my 2017 Golf Wolfsburg Edition at the dealer right now for its 40K service and got a call that after they finished up they found a leaking water pump.