What a water pump shouldn't look like

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Mar 22, 2014 | 04:41 PM

97black850

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What a water pump shouldn't look like

Been meaning to post this, but this is what my pump looked like at 224xxx miles. Not sure how many miles were on it but it is an Aisin. Im thinking it could be original because the other parts were not nearly as worn

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Mar 22, 2014 | 08:59 PM

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Was it leaking? It was time for a change.

I change mine every 10 years regardless of the miles.

Mar 23, 2014 | 06:57 AM

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I only got 28,000miles on mine before it failed. Genuine part.

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Mar 23, 2014 | 09:03 AM

97black850

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wow thats bad. and it was leaking very little

Mar 23, 2014 | 09:38 AM

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Good, they should leak to warn you.

Mar 23, 2014 | 12:15 PM

97black850

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yea I'm really glad I caught it

Mar 26, 2014 | 12:50 PM

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I just replaced my factory water pump with just under 90k miles due to a leak. I'm praying I don't have this issue on the new OEM water pump I just installed.

Mar 26, 2014 | 12:52 PM

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that was really surprising, to me, to see an OEM part fail so quickly. I've read about people who said they never replaced the factory pump well over 200k