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Bargain v6 water pumps
« on: 06 May 2011, 19:48:10 »

I have just bought one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280506859610&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
 I have looked into it and they are made by SKF  and apparently are the same as the omega. He has 4 left  :y
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #1 on: 06 May 2011, 20:18:25 »

Looks like a good price only then again no warranty. :-/ :-/ :-/
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« Reply #2 on: 06 May 2011, 20:47:09 »

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Looks like a good price only then again no warranty. :-/ :-/ :-/
I can live without the warranty for 18 quid delivered, especialy as its an SKF pump and not a crappy one :)
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #3 on: 06 May 2011, 21:37:14 »

Read this post with interest as i work at SKF and the price is indeed very cheap. If you did purchase one of these water pumps i would be interested to hear if it came in original SKF packaging. As a company, we have audited some of our distributors recently and found a few cases of counterfit bearings being sold to buyers. I am not implying that these pumps are counterfit, there may be a perfectly acceptable explanation, old stock etc. but they are being sold very cheap as i know how much these cost to manufacture. All our products are made to highly exacting standards and i would not like anyone to buy one of our supposed "products" only to have it fail shortly afterwards thus giving the company a bad name and unfair reputation and the Omega owner a costly bill.
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #4 on: 06 May 2011, 21:53:56 »

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Read this post with interest as i work at SKF and the price is indeed very cheap. If you did purchase one of these water pumps i would be interested to hear if it came in original SKF packaging. As a company, we have audited some of our distributors recently and found a few cases of counterfit bearings being sold to buyers. I am not implying that these pumps are counterfit, there may be a perfectly acceptable explanation, old stock etc. but they are being sold very cheap as i know how much these cost to manufacture. All our products are made to highly exacting standards and i would not like anyone to buy one of our supposed "products" only to have it fail shortly afterwards thus giving the company a bad name and unfair reputation and the Omega owner a costly bill.
I will let you know about the packaging when I get it :y

I only bought this pump as a spare, as I dont need one just yet. I came across it whilst looking at the sellers other items after buying a Mercedes 190 water pump off him for 15 quid delivered, this arrived today 36 hours after I bought it. the guy seems genuine and has excellent feedback. I did notice that he has a borg&beck clutch for an Omega for 50 quid.
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #5 on: 07 May 2011, 00:02:32 »

Ooh... That could be interesting... I'm after a water pump ::) ::) Keep us updated please!
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« Reply #6 on: 11 May 2011, 19:41:42 »

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Read this post with interest as i work at SKF and the price is indeed very cheap. If you did purchase one of these water pumps i would be interested to hear if it came in original SKF packaging. As a company, we have audited some of our distributors recently and found a few cases of counterfit bearings being sold to buyers. I am not implying that these pumps are counterfit, there may be a perfectly acceptable explanation, old stock etc. but they are being sold very cheap as i know how much these cost to manufacture. All our products are made to highly exacting standards and i would not like anyone to buy one of our supposed "products" only to have it fail shortly afterwards thus giving the company a bad name and unfair reputation and the Omega owner a costly bill.
I will let you know about the packaging when I get it :y

I only bought this pump as a spare, as I dont need one just yet. I came across it whilst looking at the sellers other items after buying a Mercedes 190 water pump off him for 15 quid delivered, this arrived today 36 hours after I bought it. the guy seems genuine and has excellent feedback. I did notice that he has a borg&beck clutch for an Omega for 50 quid.
Arrived today. Looks like the genuine article :y
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #7 on: 11 May 2011, 19:57:08 »

The body where the bolts go looks a decent thickness. The QH one I bought was really thin and the std VX bolts caught inside. Had to fit spacers. Worth checking when fitting.
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #8 on: 11 May 2011, 20:11:27 »

Is that a plastic impeller?
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #9 on: 11 May 2011, 20:34:30 »

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Is that a plastic impeller?
No, its cast iron by the look of it.
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #10 on: 11 May 2011, 20:49:31 »

I ordered one I'm expecting to arrive tomorrow, thanks :y
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #11 on: 11 May 2011, 21:04:16 »

Yep... Thanks for that. I've just ordered one for the cam belt change later this year :y
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #12 on: 11 May 2011, 21:13:27 »

Is this suitable for a 3.2 or only 3.0?  :y
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #13 on: 11 May 2011, 21:14:31 »

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I ordered one I'm expecting to arrive tomorrow, thanks :y
Is that because you are (belatedly) doing your cambelt ;D
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Re: Bargain v6 water pumps
« Reply #14 on: 11 May 2011, 21:16:00 »

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Is this suitable for a 3.2 or only 3.0?  :y
As far as I know all v6 are the same.
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