Water Pump & Cambelt Brands & Life

[jslot]

Water Pump
What mileage / years would be reccomended for a replacement water pump?

My last water pump was done 7 years ago, I think it was a Circoli.

Carparts4less has 2 brands that both seem suspicously cheap, Circoli @ £25.80 and Airtex @ 28.08.

Cambelt Kits
Wiki says 50K for cambelt change - if lower milage, what about years between changes?

Any reccomendations on cambelt kits I've never heard of either of these brands; Dayco @ £38.34 or Ina @ £43.14. I'm sure the last belt I put on was a Continental.

Thanks

[daimlerman]

Cambelt 'life' is 3 years or 30k miles.

Water pump,some suggest every second cambelt...I guess it depends on usage,a car that's running 15k a year will most likely go three belts to one pump! What waterpumps do not like is to be sat with no coolant.

[aimlessrock]

given how cheap the water pumps are and the work required to replace it (M20) i would just replace it as a matter of course when doing the belt.

When my belt was last changed i replaced the hoses as well for good measure.