Water pump OEM Audi or GMB

Audi made it right by making the oem water pump replacement aluminum, not plastic smh.

I bought a 2017 S3 with 40k kms, best car I’ve owned so far, had to replace the water pump but I swear the OEM one is made of cardboard. No more expensive than any other car to service.

Got my water pump, PCV, and thermostat replaced a few months ago. Did it myself. If you're semi-handy I'd definitely recommend doing it yourself. My wallet was definitely happy I did haha

GMB is a decent pump.

To answer the second question, bro, this happens to every Audi owner. Like it’s extremely common for water pumps to fail, mine is In the shop to get a new water pump, and my guys noticed there was 2 small oil leaks.

I checked the old water pump and took it out by removing the front plate of the engine... The old water pump moves fine but it does make a squeaking noise and is quite old however it does move.

I have the same exact issue on my 2021 Q8 coolant leaking in vaccum system they want over $8k for repairs just hit 51k miles

2015 Audi S3 with 93k miles. One year of ownership (about 11k miles in one year) cost me about $5.4k in repairs out of pocket; water pump replacement, coolant issues, leaking oil.

My water pump failed and dealer replaced it under warranty. They claimed it was $5080. I would never own one of these without warranty. Stupid expensive parts/dealer labor.

My car has spend at least a month at the dealership with warranty repairs. Alternator, thermostat and water-pump are main repairs. Parts need to be ordered in every time. 31K miles now. Not so convinced about the build quality of this price range car….

I was in the same boat on my 19’ s5 w 37k miles. 7600 out of pocket. The urge to resist selling feet pics that day is unimaginable. And I think you replied to a comment earlier, but they do have a recall for the base models but not our S line of vehicles for the same part/problem… my wallet may have recovered but my heart still felt betrayed. Until I go for a drive… I can forgive her for her mistakes..