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water pumps..



The incessant squeaking of my water pump (its the pump, not the belts..
it squeaks if I turn the hub on the pump by hand) is driving me nuts! So
far I haven't changed it because it wasn't leaking or making anything
resembling a grinding noise, but clearly there's something wrong with it.

I need a new pump.. so my question is, should I go for German only or are
other pumps acceptable? I think I remember reading some horror stories
about the shafts on cheap pumps being the wrong length so the pulleys did
not line up. Of course I heard similar stories about rebuilt CV axles
being crap but I've had much better luck myself (but only after 
disassembling the joints that were put together wrong and re-assembling
them correctly!!)

There seems to be a big price difference (5 times??) between German pumps
and brazilian/japanese pumps, so that's why I ask. I have a 16v with the
30mm pump hub.

Thanks,

-Toby