W124 1994 E280 Water Pump

[wrdcc01]

Afternoon all,
does anyone know who the water pump O.E. manufacturers were as I have finally had the first failure of anything after 22 years and I have an aversion to forking out nearly £500 on a Merc' badged one. I don't trust the adverts that say OEM as most are BS. Cheers....Dean

 

[219]

£500 ???

The M104 is basically a M103 with a different head , and the M103 is basically a M102 with two extra cylinders ; I would expect all to use the same water pump .

When I replaced the water pump in my 190E a few years back , I could have got a pattern one from ECP for around £60 ; the genuine MB one was around £130 including a surcharge since this was an exchange item ; I found Glen Henderson had one on the shelf , which they discounted somewhat , and after I returned my old one it had ended up costing me around £80 .

I would certainly baulk at paying £500 for one .

 

[219]

As I thought , a quick look on ECP and all water pumps for M102/3/4 have part numbers 201220xxx . While there is some slight variance from one engine to another ( and you do want to get the correct one ) they are basically all the same design , all look superficially similar and prices ( on ECP ) range from under £80 to £125 , so I would say that £500 is definitely a rip off .

I might have a look on eBay.de since parts availability is much better over there and there are places which do sell genuine parts at a good saving . Lott Autoteile are one I regularly buy from .

 

[wrdcc01]

£500 ???

The M104 is basically a M103 with a different head , and the M103 is basically a M102 with two extra cylinders ; I would expect all to use the same water pump .

Thanks Derek, I really want an O.E. one. The going rate for a Merc' one is 480 and a NOS one is going on ebay for 444. The only other one I would go with is a Behr/Hella as they are OE for other water related bits but nobody has any stock that I can find.

 

[219]

Just found this on German eBay , still pages and pages to go

MEYLE WASSERPUMPE für MERCEDES C-KLASSE W202 E-KLASSE W124 SL R129 2.8-3.6 | eBay

Wasserpumpe, Motorkühlung. mit Dichtung. Schaeffler INA: 538021410 Stark: SKWP0520208 TRUCKTEC AUTOMOTIVE: 0219139 TRUCKTEC AUTOMOTIVE: 0219149.

www.ebay.de

 

[219]

Loads of adverts for this Meyle one , which many sellers claim is OEM , and this advertiser , at slightly higher price , is guaranteeing for 4 years .

WASSERPUMPE MERCEDES-BENZ MEYLE OEM 1042003301 0130267000 ORIGINAL SCHWERLAST | eBay

Entdecken Sie WASSERPUMPE MERCEDES-BENZ MEYLE OEM 1042003301 0130267000 ORIGINAL SCHWERLAST in der großen Auswahl bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

www.ebay.de

 

[219]

I also noticed that ECP are selling Mahle water pump gaskets , I don't know if they make pumps but I know they are one of the leading makers of pistons and used by MB

 

[219]

This unit also seems to be sold by a lot of suppliers - apparently used also by Daewoo , Ssangyong and MB

Wasserpumpe für Kühlung HEPU P163 online kaufen | eBay

Entdecken Sie Wasserpumpe für Kühlung HEPU P163 in der großen Auswahl bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

www.ebay.de

 

[ray_hennig]

For water pumps I've heard bed reports about Meyle. And about many other Meyle parts.

Graf, Mahle and Laso may be better choices.

Febi is a lottery but sometimes you can score.

Good hunting.

RayH

 

[carat 3.6]

If you can find one go for the BEHR item, those were the original factory fit. I've used Borg & Beck pumps many times without issue.

The pump from a m103 or a m104 3.0 wont fit your engine as the connection to the cylinder head is different. It must be listed for the m104 280/320.

I'm not sure if you still can, but Mercedes used to sell re-built pumps.