Autohaus in Arizona

[TinMan]

I've tried a few times to order a Bosch pump from Rockauto, but every time I try to add it to my cart it says it's not available. I ended up ordering one on Amazon, and it's supposed to ship sometime around mid to late August.

Are the original VW pumps pretty good? If they are, I may just cancel my Bosch order and buy a Beck/Arnley.

Oh, and I did also buy the rubber valve cover gasket from AutohausAZ, and it is in fact the correct one as imwatbullrun stated.

[lmwatbullrun]

Originally Posted by TinMan

I've tried a few times to order a Bosch pump from Rockauto, but every time I try to add it to my cart it says it's not available. I ended up ordering one on Amazon, and it's supposed to ship sometime around mid to late August.

Are the original VW pumps pretty good? If they are, I may just cancel my Bosch order and buy a Beck/Arnley.

Oh, and I did also buy the rubber valve cover gasket from AutohausAZ, and it is in fact the correct one as lmwatbullrun stated.

The water pump one I replaced was a VW pump, worn but serviceable at 150K miles; I think that the pump had not been changed in 25 years. Previous owner said he did not change it when he changed the cam timing belt. I'm going to keep it as a last ditch backup.

I have not run the Beck/Arnley rebuilt pump yet so cannot comment. They look ok and seem tight enough, but the proof of that pudding will be running them for a couple years. (I drive a LOT)

If you want a Bosch pump from Rock, call them and tell them and they'll put you on backorder with email notification just like they did for me, I'd bet. Right now I am running the Cardone pump, and it's doing it's job.

Autohaus delivered the rest of my order today, as predicted, and it was correct. So far, so good. What Roch has, they reliably deliver, but they don't have everything I need. AutoHaus seems like a good adder to my list. I'll do more business with them......carefully looking at the catalog numbers and pictures.

[TinMan]

Well, AutohausAZ didn't seem to care that they have the wrong water pump listed for the D24T, so I had to foot the bill for their mistake. It's a shame too, because I was really happy with everything else they did. I'll most likely still buy from them, but only after scouring their listings to make sure they have the correct parts listed for the vehicle I'm working on, and having to do that will probably lead me to shop at other parts suppliers before checking AutohausAZ.