Water Pump Replacement
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: De Pere, WI
It says they are blind and think that GM, for some reason, makes the best parts there are....Completely ignoring how often GM parts fail right off the showroom floor and / or are continuously failing....
Former Vendor
Joined: Sep 2017
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From: Apple Valley CA
I'm not saying something like a waterpump needs to be a GM part but please don't buy car parts from Amazon. They simply sell way too many fakes, from Fram filters to NGK spark plugs, ask the guy with the trashed block from failed ARP rod bolts from Amazon. You can often tell by going to the sellers page and realizing that the same seller even though they are called The Fram Store or something official sounding is also selling other cheap siht from the China. Although that's not always the case there are always fake parts on Amazon. Go to autozone or wherever and get a lifetime remanufactured part if you don't want to get hammered by the dealer, that's a much better option than anything from Amazon, that's my opinion at least. For what it's worth I've got an O'Riley's waterpump in my C6 with at least 20K miles on it.
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Probably, most of these shops have only been around 40-50 years...
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: De Pere, WI
Replacing inferior parts with inferior parts guarantees repeat business when you can say "well it was a GM part".... The ignorance to think GM makes the best parts when they are the most recalled car company in history. Look at all the failures they have right off the showroom floor that they never are able to actually fix.... Hell, just the engineering failures from the C5 alone could fill a textbook on what not to do.
