Vic Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:36:19 -0500, Leftie <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> I was going to insist on a Toyota pump, seals, and coolant when we
>> have this job done on our '95 Camry wagon. The shop we'll be using buys
>>from NAPA, though, and if that NAPA pump is really good then I'll just
>> have them use that. Can anyone else recommend it? I was also going to
>> let them use a NAPA timing belt. Can NAPA get good oil seals, or should
>> I provide those with the coolant?
>
> From what I've heard Toyota pumps are very well made.
> I suggest you use Toyota parts even if you have to fetch them
> yourself.
> Not knocking NAPA parts, but if I had a Toyota I'd go with Toyota
> parts.
>
> --Vic
It depends... Toyota, like most carmakers (GM being a remaining
exception, and even its getting rarer as they continue to spin off
former divisions like Delphi), doesn't make its own waterpumps,
alternators, starters, A/C compressors, oil pumps, wheel bearings, and
other accessories. Carmakers all tend to spec very good parts from the
original vendors when they build the cars, but over the years after a
given model is built, the contract for producing replacement parts gets
re-negotiated, so there's NO guarantee that the same supplier that made
waterpumps for 96 Camrys when they rolled off the assembly line is
making the waterpump you get at the Toyota dealer for a 96 Camry today.
In fact its very likely the same vendor that NAPA uses.
And in some cases when a carmaker under-specs an OEM part and there's a
rash of failures, the aftermarket suppliers respond with improved parts
faster than the OEM parts supply chain does.
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