Electric Water Pump Failure - Poll

[dgmx5]

Around 120k and cost £1000 to fit at the dealer. Managed to limp it to the dealer which was only 5 miles away thankfully. it was on my list of things to do with my indy but was waiting for a cheaper insp1 to do at the same time. In the end i did an Insp2 followed 2x weeks later by the water pump. Lean times.

You paid a grand to get the water pump fitted? Please tell me that’s a mistake.
Rob

Probably not. I did get Sopers Lincoln to quote and prices below are RRP for OEM parts (with Soper's forum discount in brackets):

Water Pump £508.34 + vat (£549.01 incl VAT)
Screws £5.86 + vat (£6.34 incl VAT) [these come included with the Pierburg pattern part]
Thermostat £92.24 + vat (£99.22 incl VAT)

So just in parts alone, if you replace pump and thermostat at a non-forum friendly dealer it is £725.

[Mr Tidy]

Just don't buy from BMW!

When mine died in 2015 my Indy paid over £500 for a pump from BMW. When the pump died on my 325i in 2018 he bought an OE Pierburg one elsewhere and charged me around £300 for the same part.

[dgmx5]

Just don't buy from BMW!

When mine died in 2015 my Indy paid over £500 for a pump from BMW. When the pump died on my 325i in 2018 he bought an OE Pierburg one elsewhere and charged me around £300 for the same part.

Indeed. Bought the Pierburg pump (11517586925, £249.59, comes with the one time use only bolts with it) and Mahle Behr TM1497 thermostat (£58.99, plastic unlike the original metal one) from bmwmotormec on ebay. £308.58 vs £725 is a lot better and I can see plenty on here have got better prices than that too.

[Chickendippers]

No mistake. It wouldn't have been much cheaper at the Indy I use either. Sure the pump is a couple of hundred quid but it is quite awkward to get to - hence the labour. I was expecting it to cost that much so it wasn't too much of a shock (only to the wallet).

[ph001]

No mistake. It wouldn't have been much cheaper at the Indy I use either. Sure the pump is a couple of hundred quid but it is quite awkward to get to - hence the labour. I was expecting it to cost that much so it wasn't too much of a shock (only to the wallet).

It's very easy to get to on the Z - nothing much needs removing at all for access apart from the undertray. Much easier than it is on the 3 series. Even the 15 min bleed afterwards is fully automatic while the mechanic goes off and has a cup of tea.

[Smartbear]

No mistake. It wouldn't have been much cheaper at the Indy I use either. Sure the pump is a couple of hundred quid but it is quite awkward to get to - hence the labour. I was expecting it to cost that much so it wasn't too much of a shock (only to the wallet).

It's very easy to get to on the Z - nothing much needs removing at all for access apart from the undertray. Much easier than it is on the 3 series. Even the 15 min bleed afterwards is fully automatic while the mechanic goes off and has a cup of tea.

I think me & my nephew changed the pump on my 3.0si in under an hour, it’s a quick & easy job
Rob

[Chickendippers]

No mistake. It wouldn't have been much cheaper at the Indy I use either. Sure the pump is a couple of hundred quid but it is quite awkward to get to - hence the labour. I was expecting it to cost that much so it wasn't too much of a shock (only to the wallet).

It's very easy to get to on the Z - nothing much needs removing at all for access apart from the undertray. Much easier than it is on the 3 series. Even the 15 min bleed afterwards is fully automatic while the mechanic goes off and has a cup of tea.

I think me & my nephew changed the pump on my 3.0si in under an hour, it’s a quick & easy job
Rob

Oh well - it's only money......

[enuff_zed]

It's very easy to get to on the Z - nothing much needs removing at all for access apart from the undertray. Much easier than it is on the 3 series. Even the 15 min bleed afterwards is fully automatic while the mechanic goes off and has a cup of tea.

I think me & my nephew changed the pump on my 3.0si in under an hour, it’s a quick & easy job
Rob

Oh well - it's only money......

Well at least, now you've joined the forum, you can ask about these jobs first and go to the garage armed with the info. May save you a few quid later on. Or, depending on your confidence with spanners, read up and do the work yourself.
That's the beauty of a forum really; always someone who's done it before and can guide you.

[Joycey]

Mine finally failed. 150k miles and god knows how many track days now. Well impressed, swapped pump and thermostat for OE parts this morning.

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[chalcid]

Just to add to this - my water pump has just started to go on my 2008 2.5i sport c at 77k. Thanks to previous reading on the forum it was quickly identifiable before any overheating was experienced! Symptom was a quick spike in temp followed by a sharp drop back down to normal as the pump was working on/off. The pump did appear to be working when I ran the bleed procedure with the expansion cap off to have a look. Handily, I was just down the road from my local garage so just slowly rolled it over to get it checked and there were a few codes from the pump so it's in for a replacement. Cheers!