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Originally Posted by MRV99
technically all cars are getting to the point where they are "throw away" vehicles. The premise is pretty simple and with the current computer cars, this is becoming more evident. More electronics....
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Fixed it for you. I just don't see it as being in any way limited to BMW.
As to the plastic water pump impellor, a BMW tech has previously posted on here that as of 2010, no BMW X5 has a plastic water pump impellor, and that BMW stopped using plastic impellors in 1998, two years before the E53 was introduced, let alone the E70. I don't have a second source for that, but I don't see any diference between the plastic impellor, metal impellor, and composite impellor, they can all fail. It is an internet myth that plastic impellors are a problem these days, IMO. When the original does fail, however, if you buy an OE water pump you get a lifetime warranty on it. That should last.
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