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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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Does anyone have any good/bad thoughts or history on these?

It's a GMB 130-7290 Water pump. Price seems good, on amazon with prime it's right at $160. My water pump has started to leak, so I need to replace soon.

any thoughts?

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Ryan
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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I work at a auto parts store part time and we sell that brand. I have not seen one come back due to issues. But anything can be defective. They do come with a Lifetime warranty thru my work.
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Originally Posted by Blown 346
I work at a auto parts store part time and we sell that brand. I have not seen one come back due to issues.
I do also, much to my dismay....we probably have about a 30% defect rate on them. (I probably move about 40 pumps/day, and a lot of them
are for LS motors in some form, and we're just one of 13 stores)

Let me put it this way, when I need one, I'll bypass my employee discount
to buy an AC Delco model for double the money.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 12:15 PM
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IMHO I would go electric water pump -

MEZIERE EWP you will never overheat even if you should throw a belt! Mine has worked flawless and never have any issues at all, many of us use them and at a stop light you still have full flow especially in the hot summer and the AC on your fluids are at full flow allowing for superior cooling!

Thanks,Matt
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thanks for the replies!
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