water pump toast after 33,3xx miles....?

NORAGRETS · 06-27-2016, 08:52 PM

anyone have one go at this low of a milage? I see most guys having then kick the can at 60k miles or so... car is 2012...N55, mods in my sig...help? JUST out of warranty, was up on May 19th 2016.

suggestions? seems BS and slightly convenient to go 1 month post warranty...will BMW cover it as a courtesy?

squidge · 06-27-2016, 11:14 PM

It's not unheard of at that mileage. http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=798195

loesch · 06-28-2016, 08:16 PM

Mine just left me stranded in another state at 34,700 last weekend. 2011 135i. Right in the middle of a rally across NYC, NJ, and PA too. Totally screwed up my weekend.

Fade135is · 06-28-2016, 09:10 PM

From what I understand Dinan also tunes the water pump to run slightly faster. In my thinking this would also make it wear slightly faster.

NORAGRETS · 06-29-2016, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by loesch

Mine just left me stranded in another state at 34,700 last weekend. 2011 135i. Right in the middle of a rally across NYC, NJ, and PA too. Totally screwed up my weekend.

oy vey. 33k seams early for these to go. maybe bmw should fix their shit and make something thatll last idk, say, 100k?

pain in the ass

NORAGRETS · 06-29-2016, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Fade135is

From what I understand Dinan also tunes the water pump to run slightly faster. In my thinking this would also make it wear slightly faster.

good point

Josh (PA) · 06-29-2016, 10:01 AM

Mine failed in the 30s 2011 135i vert no mods.

Wolfie1 · 06-29-2016, 10:40 AM

Just curious, what are the symptoms of a water pump failing?

fcman · 06-29-2016, 10:43 AM

Mine died around 40k miles.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie1

Just curious, what are the symptoms of a water pump failing?

It was pretty immediate for me. Was driving on the highway, started noticing reduced power, got off the highway 20min later, after about 5-10 min off the highway got an alert to turn off the car.

e92ben · 06-29-2016, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfie1

Just curious, what are the symptoms of a water pump failing?

No signs. When it goes it, it goes out. Lol

ts0ulc · 06-29-2016, 01:25 PM

Mine went out on my 2010 at 30K miles. Got it serviced and switched out for free.

Waterpumps covered for abouh 8 years and 80k miles. Separate factory warranty.

It's not uncommon. The dealers should take care of you. If they don't well then you got to bring it up.

Everfly · 06-29-2016, 04:50 PM

You may ask for goodwill

ayao · 06-29-2016, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ts0ulc

Mine went out on my 2010 at 30K miles. Got it serviced and switched out for free.

Waterpumps covered for abouh 8 years and 80k miles. Separate factory warranty.

It's not uncommon. The dealers should take care of you. If they don't well then you got to bring it up.

Separate factory warranty?

Yeineken · 06-30-2016, 05:49 AM

Out of curiosity. For those that have failed early at 30k. How much do you use HVAC accessories on the car? Was doing some thinking. I rarely ever use my heat or AC. I'm a windows down kind of person and my pump lasted till my current 77k where I replaced it preventatively. Just curious if that's at play at all here.

Dackelone · 06-30-2016, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Yeineken

Out of curiosity. For those that have failed early at 30k. How much do you use HVAC accessories on the car? Was doing some thinking. I rarely ever use my heat or AC. I'm a windows down kind of person and my pump lasted till my current 77k where I replaced it preventatively. Just curious if that's at play at all here.

It probably has more to do with how hard you run the car before shutting it down than running or not running HVAC. And also I would think lots of short trips would also take a toll on the e-pump.

loesch · 06-30-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Yeineken

Out of curiosity. For those that have failed early at 30k. How much do you use HVAC accessories on the car? Was doing some thinking. I rarely ever use my heat or AC. I'm a windows down kind of person and my pump lasted till my current 77k where I replaced it preventatively. Just curious if that's at play at all here.

Almost never. I had to persuade the dealer to get BMW to cover 75% of it but that's as far as they would go. Probably would have covered the whole thing if I didn't have mods.

CHRISTW · 06-30-2016, 03:12 PM

I'm one of the few lucky ones that made it to 116k. Just replaced it with one from eBay for $350

Natto · 06-30-2016, 03:43 PM

Mine failed at 62800km 2011 135i.

arkow · 07-01-2016, 08:41 PM

It seems as those water pumps die on the car around 51k, I had mine replaced on my x3 recently and of course I am just out of warranty..

sometorque · 07-04-2016, 02:32 PM

A buddy of mine has his go at 31k. It's certainly possible.

335twins · 07-06-2016, 09:10 AM

I had my water pump replaced on my 335 and currently x3 which just ran out of warranty ( both were around 50k).

NORAGRETS · 07-06-2016, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by loesch

Almost never. I had to persuade the dealer to get BMW to cover 75% of it but that's as far as they would go. Probably would have covered the whole thing if I didn't have mods.

did yours go in warranty or out of it?

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