awdinut

I am wondering if your outcome has been good or bad over several years time ? I need to replace mine and I am wondering if the extra $1000 for an OES WABCO makes any sense.

llinuxx

Hi there. No sense!!!

Reapir kit - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3303...81d48e50719-10

and some youtube videos - u can check and other videos in YouTube


The kit is about 15 20 dollars.

awdinut

No kits. See my post in my other compressor thread...

aTOMic

FWIW, Here is the link to Meissler's D3 Ebay page in Germany where I bought my pump in 2013. IIRC there was another option to buy the same pump except I'd have to change over some connectors; I went with the one that had the proper connectors. Maybe there is a cross reference to Phaeton or Bentley/RR for your W12...
Also, don't let the distance dissuade ya; mine came in about three days! I can't tell if shipping is included but the prices include VAT, which we do not pay, so that ~20% should cover shipping.

mcs

I bought a no-name pump for very little money after a shop locally was closing. I think it would have been $45 brand new and delivered in the end.

It arrived with the correct connectors, and brackets, just not the rubber bushes and springs for the mounting. I swapped these over and it has been in the car working for 8 months or so.

I have kept my factory pump as well just to make sure but I have had zero issues. For the money, I don't care if I have to buy one more frequently.

Mike

awdinut

Thats great info Tom. I should have known there would be a German made aftermarket pump given the size of their market. My pump...including shipping and shock mount kit...would be $420 ! They sell WABCO OES for $715 shipped; thats $400 cheaper than US sellers and half of Audi price.

Unfortunately I saw your post yesterday afternoon, and yesterday morning I ordered a Chinese compressor which cost me $330 with shipping and mounting kit. But heres some good info for anyone wanting not to spend $420 on a pump... I ordered the pump from a place in FL called Rebuild Master Tech which, as the name implies, rebuilds suspension piecec including pumps. They only sell new Chinese pumps for Audi, but I figured since they re-build pumps they would know a better variety of Chinese pump from crappy Chinese pumps. And its a ffamily owned business so I could talk to the owner and learned that they have used the same pump supplier for 7 years; so they have seen the dependability over time over time....evry body else selling Chinese pumpsis a large online store that has no clue about the product.

So, as Chinese pumps go, I feel more confident than I would otherwise. But for only $90 more I would have gone with the German made aftermarket if I had known.