Gates 42095 Water Pump Review

This GATES water pump failed after only 4 months and GATES and Revain refused to reimburse the pump price and installation costs. Obviously GATES does not support their products. I will avoid all GATES products in the future. Revain doesn't insist on buying either. So good luck using GATES products!

Fingers crossed as I wouldn't normally use Chinese water pumps. Installed on Park Avenue Ultra 93 - not the funnest job I'd want to repeat in two years. I did not like any of the available options, even some Delco brand pumps are cheap Chinese. I picked these gates solely for their other quality parts and hope they put some quality into it to live up to their name. Addendum: The pump failed after 10,000 km. Rating downgraded from three to two stars.

The body appeared to be well finished and the pump matched my GM 3300 A body engine perfectly. The steel gasket was included and of good quality. I don't know about seal or bearing until more time has passed. Take your time and be careful when removing the 13mm screws as they are long and will likely have rust on the threads. You don't want to break anyone. Based on what I've seen I would recommend buying a water pump bolt kit (Dorman) to make sure all the bolts are new. If you remove the idler

This water pump is excellent. I don't see any indication that it deserves the less than glowing reviews I read before buying it, and while I understand the anger, it's misplaced. The supplied seal is very high quality. Pretty much every block I've had in the past has been a crumpled piece of cork. Even the box is of a quality I've never seen in the supply chain of auto parts retailers I've dealt with for decades. Gates is an old American company and despite the fact that this pump is FROM…