Water pump GRAF or OEM Volkswagen

I run a Graf pump myself for about 2 months now and it's working fine so far.

In my case the leaking was from the plastic water pump housing which is a common fault for this engine. I replaced the plastic water pump with GRAF PA1359, which is metal housing instead of the OEM plastic one.

I've run the plastic pump on 2 different cars for over 100k no issue, in fact I only changed one because the thermostat went bad and the water pump's reputation. I do have the metal Graf pump now, I like it so far.

I got the graf as well, def better than what the previous owner used

19 here and no issues, but all mk7s (gti/gli/R/s3/2.0a3s etc) are known for water pump and thermostat issues.

After wrapping up and turning it back on the CEL/MIL light comes on for Aux water pump and they replaced that too the next day.

IDK - I was at 160K or so miles when I sold my '11 Tiguan. Sure, it ate a water pump, had the first gen timing chain tensioner replaced, needed cv axles, had a stuck fuel injector, lost an intake manifold, blew a turbo diaphragm, destroyed its engine mount bushings, struts and shocks went bad, needed seat covers replaced because they cracked and split and needed new tires every 25K or so...

The tech noticed the water pump was leaking slightly. All got repaired under VW warranty which was lucky as it was around £1800 otherwise I think. Anyway, the weird thing is the car always lost coolant from new - it would drop to the min level, but they couldn't find a fault when I mentioned it until they physically found the water pump leaking after 4 years and 40k miles. I think the pump is plastic which may not be ideal.

VW TSI water pump: garbage.

Yeah... That Graf pump did not work out... Had to remove Graf pump and get the proper pump from local VW dealer.