Doing a full flush is a bit tricky since you'll never be able to drain the engine block and the heater core completely and the makes the use of premix problematic, because you'll end up with a concentration that's not exactly 50/50. I plan to do it every second year and it's due next year in June/July. I think I'll stick with drain / refill for the time being and keep using Nulon. Both the Gates and Nissan seem to pass the OEM quality control and more comforting to see the "Japan" in the casting on the NPW. I don't think you'd go wrong with either water pump. This other listing has a descent description of Gates water pumps Unclear whether this is pump only or a gasket is included. I was surprises that it is currently at $55 including postage. For some time, I have had NPW pump and gasket combination on my eBay watch list.Ĭhecked eBay for the Gates water pump. I am regularly checking for any coolant leakage so I can then have the parts on hand and prepare to do the pump replacement on a weekend. It started leaking around 121.000k mark from memory and went completely one morning, 11.000k later My wife's 2013 Aurion is still on the factory fill. Right now the car nears 187.000k and, touch wood, the replacement pump - Gates I think - is holding up well on a Castrol Radicool and Nulon Premium Long Life salad, seasoned with Toyota SLLC leftovers 🙂 As part of water pump replacement service the mechanic refilled with Castrol, that's probably what he had in his shop compatible with Toyota pink. At the time the car had the original Toyota SLLC factory fill, but I can't blame it for the pump failure, I understand there have been some dodgy pump batches pre-2009. Tony, the water pump failed on my 2008 Aurion, it started leaking around 121.000k mark from memory and went completely one morning, 11.000k later. So you'd attribute the water pump failure then to having used the Castrol product ? Can I ask how many Kays you have on your Aurion ? I'm assuming we're talking about your 2013 Aurion, and at what point was the factory fill coolant flushed ?
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