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Originally Posted by DennisAN
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Do not install any water pump with a metal impeller.
I would also seriously consider not using anything but OEM.
Get it from Sonnen, Sunset or Suncoast.
I once bought 6 ebay water pumps. Installed 2 in two cars at same time,
first one failed at 1K miles, second one did not actually fail - but I proactively removed it and it already had play in the shaft at about 300 miles.
I threw the other 4 in the garbage.
Frankly it's not worth the $100-$200 to play roulette. The OEMs aren't great,
but they seem to last ~30k miles.
I did read where someone was looking to put a wire mesh as part of the gasket --
this could catch impeller debris if it wasn't too small -- but I don't know if that
was just internet speak -- or whether the poster actually did it.
YMMV, but I only use OEM now.
Mike