One thing about water pumps in general is they will last longer if you
use the proper coolant and change it every two years.  I'm not saying
this will make the VW pump last forever, but it will help.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> On Jan 8, 2008 2:05 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> I have not seen a subaru water pump fail yet.  I'm sure they must,
>> but they're good for 100K easily as far as I know, even more.
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>>
>
> FWIW my wife's 96 Subi Outback has never had the water pump
> replaced.  230K miles.
>