01-31-2013, 08:42 AM
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Officially Welcomed to the 'Fest
Location: Ellicott City, MD
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 224
Mein Auto: 2007 335i
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Originally Posted by thekurgan
Electric water pumps only look good on paper, in reality, they are an expensive "maintenance" item compared to a mechanical pump, even if Stewart made one for these models.
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Compared to previous mechanical pump by BMW they seem to last a little longer. I have numerous friends who had E46 machines and the water pumps came apart around 60k miles. Don't get me wrong, it is still a weak point. Knock on wood, my 335i has 88k miles and no problems yet.
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