Water Pump and Thermostat

[seningen]

Originally Posted by DennisAN

Many resellers discount the OEM Porsche water pumps. Here's one for $285. 2000 Porsche Boxster Roadster H6 2.7L Engine Cooling Water Pump - 99610601156 - Water Pump - ES#2224253

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