Water pump Gates or OEM BMW

I ended up keeping the gates kit, I've put about 8k miles on it so far.

Well made, but they ain't cheap. Here's the diagrams for the N54 setup: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/par...fg=35 The water pump itself is over $500.

Gates water pump failure

I have seen early failure with the Gates water pump and wont use them.

Don't use Gates water pumps.

But do NOT use gates water pumps, they are junk.

A gates timing belt kit for a Honda will have OE parts as Gates is a OE supplier for Honda. Except for the water pump./ Gates water pump are garbage so NEVER use a gates water pump if its driven by the timing belt.

Gates is not a decent brand when it comes to most water pumps. Their belts are great, but their pumps I do not use for most cars.

From my experience I have never had good luck with the metal impeller ones. The impellers won't break but the weight is too heavy for the shaft and the shaft ends up breaking and just free spinning. I've used 2-3 metal ones before (I am almost positive at least one of them was a gates brand) and they have all failed within 30k or less miles.