Water pump OEM FORD or OEM Volkswagen

21 atlas with 120k here. No major issues. Just regular maintenance stuff. Replaced a leaky water pump with is a normal thing.

Changed it at 9 years / 93k. Belt was still fine but the water pump started to leak so did the timing belt job at the same time. Also upgraded the water pump with one with a metal impeller

Great if taken care of!

I have a 2016 Golf 5MT, 160k mi now. It's been tuned for 120k and only major issue I've had is the original water pump went out last spring at approx. 140k.

I just had the alternator (bearing went bad) and water pump changed (coolant leaking through the weep hole). Still the original block.

We've had a 2009 GTI since new and now has 110k. In the last 16 years, we've replaced 2 water pumps, one dsg mech unit (under warranty), abs unit, pcv valve, rear main seal and in the past year, timing chain and guides as preventative maintenance.

If VW made the EA888 engine without a waterpump made of soft cheese.

I still bought one. But it would be good not to treat a waterpump as a regular service item.

I have no idea how there isn't a class action against VW for those shoddy waterpumps tho. Had to do it on my one and literally every VW owner I've spoken to has had it be a problem

My GTI’s water pump shat itself around 60k kilometres too :( going strong since but it’s a very common fault unfortunately

Sadly, I've gone through two water pumps on my 2012 Ford Explorer.

This is why I’ve avoided the 3.5/3.7 Duratec engines in transverse (front wheel drive) platforms. It’s just fine in rear wheel drive applications as those use an external pump driven by the serpentine belt.