Water pump OEM Audi or GMB

I have their water pump on my Rx7, it's been A-Okay for over 3 years.

Excellent time to learn to do it yourself and buy a $65 water pump and timing belt kit. Dirty cheap for the miata. Just find a kit with a GMB water pump and a name brand belt.

I've used GMB some 10+ years ago. They were made in Japan and came with a lifetime warranty.

Now, I had to get the motor mounts and water pump replaced. Pump was leaking a bit, not taking chances with that.

Melling and Aisin are both premium WPs. Airtex is pretty good. GMB is ok.

The only issue I’ve had with Audi over about 200k miles split between an 87 cs turbo Quattro and a 15 a5 cabrio is they each needed a water pump around 90k

Bought it in October, had it exactly 1 week, and the water pump blew. The dealer replaced it for free

I was topping up the coolant every month or so. Was advised I would need a new water pump, which I was expecting

Had to get water pump done on my A6 at 90000km / ~56000 miles. Was a couple years older than yours at the time, but still felt pretty low mileage to me.

Just be aware that B9’s are subject to water pump failures which can lead to the engine overheating. For months (Since March) I’ve noticed a “Whistling noise” coming from the engine bay while driving. Took it in to get it looked at (non Audi dealer) and was told it was normal. Drove it and drove until one day the car told me I had no coolant… that’s odd. Go buy coolant and keep driving. Now the car overheats and spits out all the coolant. Now it’s making sense. Either a combination of bad TStat sensor & water pump or just bad water pump. The fact that it never told me the coolant was hot the first time is spit out all the coolant leads me to believe both components are bad.