What brand of replacement water pump for a 530i?

canada karl · Post by **canada karl** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:32 pm

What's the best bet for a replacement water pump for my 76 530i?....ITM...Beck Arnley...OEM....anyone have any past experience with reliability of these?

GripGreg · Post by **GripGreg** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:04 pm

The most reliable brand is prolly the one with a METAL impeller compared to a plastic one.
Ask & make sure the impeller is metal & I think you're good to go. You know the websites, right?
Be very specific about this. Make sure the phone helper actually looks at the pump in the box.
Good luck,,,,Greg

David in Seattle · Post by **David in Seattle** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:32 pm

In my 2002, I have had great luck with Graf. Get one of those. And Beck Arnley isn't a brand per se. They are a packager of other parts.

I want to say I bought my Graf from Bav Auto, but maybe it was Blunt Tech.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:37 pm

I have had really good luck with GMB water pumps. I've heard they changed the impeller design so it's no better than the rest, though no worse, but I've gotten 100K to the mile out of two different ones.